- Holt County, Nebraska
Infobox U.S. County
county = Holt County
state = Nebraska
founded = 1876
seat wl = O'Neill
largest city wl = O'Neill
area_total_sq_mi =2418
area_land_sq_mi =2413
area_water_sq_mi =5
area percentage = 0.21%
census yr = 2000
pop = 11551
density_km2 =2
web = www.co.holt.ne.us
|Holt County is a
county located in theU.S. state ofNebraska . As of 2000, the population is 11,551. Itscounty seat is O'Neill.GR|6In the Nebraska
license plate system, Holt County is represented by the prefix 36 (it had the thirty-sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,418
square mile s (6,262km² ), of which, 2,413 square miles (6,249 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (13 km²) of it (0.21%) is water.GR|1The county was created by an act of the
Nebraska Legislature in 1862. It is named forJoseph Holt of Kentucky, who was Postmaster General and Secretary of War under PresidentJames Buchanan . It shares its name with Holt County,Missouri , though it is named for a different Holt.Adjacent counties
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Boyd County, Nebraska - north
*Knox County, Nebraska - east
*Antelope County, Nebraska - southeast
*Wheeler County, Nebraska - south
*Garfield County, Nebraska - south
*Loup County, Nebraska - southwest
*Rock County, Nebraska - west
*Keya Paha County, Nebraska - northwestHistory
Holt County was formed in 1876. [ [http://www.nacone.org/webpages/counties/countywebs/scottsbluff.htm] Retrieved on
March 15 ,2008 .] It was named after Secretary of WarJoseph Holt .Demographics
References
External links
* [http://www.co.holt.ne.us/ Official website]
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