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Thayer County

county in Nebraska, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Nebraska
Established: May 9, 1871
Named after: John Milton Thayer
County seat: Hebron
Largest city: Hebron
Total: 575 sq mi (1,490 km )
Land: 574 sq mi (1,490 km )
Water: 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.2%
Highest elevation: 1,545 ft (471 m)
Lowest elevation: 1,142 ft (348 m)
Estimate 2021: 4,913
Density: 8.8/sq mi (3.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Area code: 402/531
Website: thayercountyne.gov

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Thayer County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,034. Its county seat is Hebron. The county was created in 1856 and originally named Jefferson County. It was organized in 1870-1871 and renamed for General and Governor John Milton Thayer.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Thayer County is represented by the prefix 32 (it had the thirty-second-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).