Merrick County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Merrick County, Nebraska, Merrick County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Established
- November 4, 1858
- Organized
- April 18, 1864
- Named after
- Elvira Merrick
- County seat
- Central City
- Largest city
- Central City
- Total
- 494 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 485 sq mi (1,260 km )
- Water
- 9.6 sq mi (25 km ) 1.9%
- Highest elevation
- 1,880 ft (570 m)
- Lowest elevation
- 1,345 ft (410 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 7,905
- Density
- 16.3/sq mi (6.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Website
- merrickcounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
A map of Merrick County, Nebraska Merrick County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,668. Its county seat is Central City.
Merrick County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merrick County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.