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Howard County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Named after
- Oliver O. Howard
- Seat
- St. Paul
- Largest city
- St. Paul
- Total
- 576 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Water
- 6.3 sq mi (16 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,538
- Density
- 11.4/sq mi (4.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .howardcounty .ne .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard County is a county in the state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,475. Its county seat is St. Paul. The county was formed in 1871 and named after Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard.
Howard County is part of the Grand Island metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howard County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.