Valley County, Nebraska
| Valley County, Nebraska | |
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Valley County Courthouse in Ord
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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 | 1873 |
| Seat | Ord |
| Largest city | Ord |
| Area | |
| • Total | 570 sq mi (1,476 km2) |
| • Land | 568 sq mi (1,471 km2) |
| • Water | 2.4 sq mi (6 km2), 0.4% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 4,260 |
| • Density | 7.5/sq mi (3/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
Valley County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,260. Its county seat is Ord.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Valley County is represented by the prefix 47 (it had the forty-seventh-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Valley County was formed in 1871 and organized in 1873. Its name derives from the local terrain: much of the county consists of valley land lying between the North and Middle Loup Rivers.
On June 12, 2010, the privately owned Bredthauer Dam broke due to heavy rain, flooding rural Valley County and the village of North Loup. Major flooding occurred in the village, with water "eight inches deep and running down Main Street." North Loup was evacuated for the flood's duration.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 570 square miles (1,500 km2), of which 568 square miles (1,470 km2) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) (0.4%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,647 people, 1,965 households, and 1,298 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 2,273 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.15% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. 1.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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