Wheeler County, Nebraska

Wheeler County, Nebraska
Wheeler County Courthouse in Bartlett
Location in the U.S. state of Nebraska
Nebraska's location in the U.S.
Founded	April 11, 1881
Seat	Bartlett
Largest village	Bartlett
Area
• Total	576 sq mi (1,492 km2)
• Land	575 sq mi (1,489 km2)
• Water	0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 0.07%
Population
• (2010)	818
• Density	1.4/sq mi (1/km²)
Congressional district	3rd
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.wheelercounty.ne.gov

Wheeler County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 818. Its county seat is Bartlett. The county was formed in 1877 and organized in 1881. It was named after Major Daniel H. Wheeler.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Wheeler County is represented by the prefix 84 (it had the eighty-fourth-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 576 square miles (1,490 km²), of which 575 square miles (1,490 km²) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²) (0.07%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 886 people, 352 households, and 243 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 561 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 99.10% White, 0.23% Native American, 0.56% from other races, and 0.11% from two or more races. 0.56% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 47.4% were of German, 9.4% Irish, 7.8% English, 7.2% Swedish and 7.0% American ancestry according to Census 2000.