Furnas County | |
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Furnas County Courthouse in Beaver City | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
![]() Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 40°10′N 99°55′W / 40.17°N 99.91°W | |
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Founded | 1873 |
Named for | Robert W. Furnas |
Seat | Beaver City |
Largest city | Cambridge |
Area | |
• Total | 721 sq mi (1,870 km2) |
• Land | 719 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
• Water | 1.5 sq mi (4 km2) 0.2% |
Population | |
• Estimate (2021) | 4,636 |
• Density | 6.6/sq mi (2.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Furnas County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 4,636.[1] Its county seat is Beaver City.[2] The county was named for Robert Wilkinson Furnas, the second governor of the state of Nebraska.[3]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Furnas County is represented by the prefix 38 (it had the thirty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).