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Thurston County
Also known as Thurston County, Nebraska, Thurston County, NE
county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Named after
- John Mellen Thurston
- Seat
- Pender
- Largest village
- Pender
- Total
- 396 sq mi (1,030 km )
- Land
- 394 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,752
- Density
- 17.2/sq mi (6.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Thurston County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,773. Its county seat is Pender.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Thurston County is represented by the prefix 55 (it had the 55th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).