Frontier County, Nebraska
Frontier County | |
|---|---|
Frontier County Courthouse in Stockville | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′N 100°23′W / 40.53°N 100.39°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Seat | Stockville |
| Largest city | Curtis |
| Area | |
• Total | 980 sq mi (2,500 km2) |
| • Land | 975 sq mi (2,530 km2) |
| • Water | 5.5 sq mi (14 km2) 0.6% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,519 |
| • Density | 2.6/sq mi (0.99/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Frontier County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,519. Its county seat is Stockville.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Frontier County is represented by the prefix 60 (it had the sixtieth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). However, Frontier County has only been a frontier county by the United States Census Bureau's definition (fewer than 6 people per square mile) since approximately 1950.