Perkins County, Nebraska
Perkins County | |
|---|---|
Perkins County Courthouse in Grant | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′N 101°40′W / 40.84°N 101.66°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Named after | Charles Elliott Perkins |
| Seat | Grant |
| Largest city | Grant |
| Area | |
• Total | 884 sq mi (2,290 km2) |
| • Land | 883 sq mi (2,290 km2) |
| • Water | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) 0.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,858 |
| • Density | 3.2/sq mi (1.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Perkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,858. Its county seat is Grant.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Perkins County is represented by the prefix 74 (it had the seventy-fourth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).