Pierce County | |
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Pierce County courthouse in Pierce | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
![]() Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 42°16′N 97°37′W / 42.27°N 97.61°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | 1859 |
Named for | Franklin Pierce |
Seat | Pierce |
Largest city | Pierce |
Area | |
• Total | 575 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
• Land | 573 sq mi (1,480 km2) |
• Water | 1.3 sq mi (3 km2) 0.2% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,317 |
• Density | 13/sq mi (4.9/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,317.[1] Its county seat is Pierce.[2] The county was formed in 1859, and was named for US President Franklin Pierce.[3][4]
Pierce County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Pierce County is represented by the prefix 40 (it had the 40th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).