Platte County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Founded
- January 26, 1856
- Named after
- Platte River
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest city
- Columbus
- Total
- 684.590 sq mi (1,773.08 km )
- Land
- 675.118 sq mi (1,748.55 km )
- Water
- 9.472 sq mi (24.53 km ) 1.38%
- Estimate 2025
- 35,649
- Density
- 50.800/sq mi (19.614/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402 and 531
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- plattecounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Platte River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nebraska
- Contains
- Columbus
- Capital
- Columbus
- Population
- 34296
- Area
- 1785
- Shares border with
- Merrick County
- Official website
- plattecounty.net
- Image
- Platte County Courthouse (Nebraska) 2.jpg
- Households
- 13173
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- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Platte County
- Commons category
- Platte County, Nebraska
- topic's main category
- Category:Platte County, Nebraska
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- different from
- Platte County
- per capita income
- 30822
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Platte County, Nebraska
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Encyclopedic overview
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,296, and was estimated to be 35,649 in 2025, making it the eighth-most populous county in Nebraska. The county seat and the largest city is Columbus.
Platte County comprises the Columbus, NE Micropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platte County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.