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Gosper County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- 1873 (authorized), 1881 (organized)
- Named after
- John J. Gosper
- Seat
- Elwood
- Largest village
- Elwood
- Total
- 462.73 sq mi (1,198.5 km )
- Land
- 458.16 sq mi (1,186.6 km )
- Water
- 4.57 sq mi (11.8 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 1,803
- Density
- 4.13/sq mi (1.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .gosper .ne .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Elwood
- Capital
- Elwood
- Population
- 1893
- Area
- 1198
- Shares border with
- Furnas County
- Official website
- www.co.gosper.ne.us
- Image
- Gosper County courthouse from S.JPG
- Households
- 940
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- topic's main category
- Category:Gosper County, Nebraska
- Commons category
- Gosper County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Gosper County
- per capita income
- 35290
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Encyclopedic overview
Gosper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,893. Its county seat is Elwood. The county was formed in 1873, and was organized in 1881. It was named for John J. Gosper, a Nebraska Secretary of State.
Gosper County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gosper County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.