Gage County, Nebraska
| Gage County, Nebraska | |
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Gage County Courthouse in Beatrice, 2009
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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 | 1857 |
| Seat | Beatrice |
| Largest city | Beatrice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 860 sq mi (2,227 km2) |
| • Land | 852 sq mi (2,207 km2) |
| • Water | 8.5 sq mi (22 km2), 1.0% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 22,311 |
| • Density | 10/sq mi (4/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Gage County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,311. Its county seat is Beatrice. The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. It was formed from land taken from the Oto in an 1854 treaty and named for W.D. Gage, a Methodist minister.
Gage County comprises the Beatrice, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in the Lincoln-Beatrice, NE Combined Statistical Area.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Gage County is represented by the prefix 3 (it had the third-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 a total area of 860 square miles (2,200 km2), of which 851 square miles (2,200 km2) is land and 8.5 square miles (22 km2) (1.0%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 22,993 people, 9,316 households, and 6,204 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 10,030 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.69% White, 0.32% Black or African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 56.6% were of German, 6.9% Irish, 6.3% English and 6.3% American ancestry according to Census 2000.
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