Greeley County, Nebraska

Greeley County, Nebraska
Greeley County Courthouse in Greeley
Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	1872
Named for	Horace Greeley
Seat	Greeley
Largest village	Spalding
Area
• Total	571 sq mi (1,479 km2)
• Land	570 sq mi (1,476 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2 km2), 0.1%
Population
• (2010)	2,538
• Density	4.5/sq mi (2/km²)
Congressional district	3rd
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.greeleycounty.ne.gov

Greeley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,538. Its county seat is Greeley.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Greeley County is represented by the prefix 62 (it had the sixty-second-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Greeley County was created in 1871 and organized in 1872. It was named after Horace Greeley, a newspaper editor and politician of the mid-19th century. Greeley encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,480 km²), of which 570 square miles (1,500 km²) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) (0.1%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,714 people, 1,077 households, and 734 families residing in the county. The population density was 5 people per square mile (2/km²). There were 1,199 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.94% White, 0.66% Black or African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.77% from other races, and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.