Back مقاطعة غوسبر (نبراسكا) Arabic قوزپر بؤلگهسی، نبراسکا AZB Gosper County, Nebraska BAR Госпър Bulgarian গোসপের কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা BPY Gosper Gông (Nebraska) CDO Госпер (гуо, Небраска) CE Gosper County CEB Gosper County, Nebraska Welsh Gosper County German
Gosper County | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| 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).
- ^ "QuickFacts: Gosper County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 67. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey Reconnaissance Survey Final Report of Gosper County, Nebraska" (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. March 1, 1991. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gosper County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 140.