Deuel County, Nebraska
| Deuel County, Nebraska | |
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Deuel County Courthouse in Chappell
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 Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska |
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 Nebraska's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1889 |
| Named for | Harry P. Deuel |
| Seat | Chappell |
| Largest city | Chappell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 441 sq mi (1,142 km2) |
| • Land | 440 sq mi (1,140 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2), 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 1,941 |
| • Density | 4.4/sq mi (2/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 |
| Website | www |
Deuel County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,941. Its county seat is Chappell. The county was formed in 1889 and named after Harry Porter Deuel, superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Deuel County is represented by the prefix 78 (it had the seventy-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 411 square miles (1,060 km2), of which 440 square miles (1,100 km2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (0.2%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,098 people, 908 households, and 601 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 1,032 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.33% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 1.14% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. 2.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 36.3% were of German, 10.7% Irish, 10.2% English, 10.0% Swedish and 9.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
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