Gosper County | |
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Gosper County Courthouse in Elwood | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
![]() Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 40°30′N 99°49′W / 40.5°N 99.82°W | |
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Founded | 1873 (authorized) 1881 (organized) |
Named for | John J. Gosper |
Seat | Elwood |
Largest village | Elwood |
Area | |
• Total | 462.73 sq mi (1,198.5 km2) |
• Land | 458.16 sq mi (1,186.6 km2) |
• Water | 4.57 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,893 |
• Density | 4.13/sq mi (1.59/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Gosper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,893.[1] Its county seat is Elwood.[2] The county was formed in 1873, and was organized in 1881.[3][4][5] It was named for John J. Gosper, a Nebraska Secretary of State.[6]
Gosper County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Gosper County is represented by the prefix 73 (it had the seventy-third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
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