Hitchcock County, Nebraska
Hitchcock County | |
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Hitchcock County courthouse in Trenton | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°11′N 101°02′W / 40.18°N 101.04°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Named after | Phineas Hitchcock |
| Seat | Trenton |
| Largest village | Culbertson |
| Area | |
• Total | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
| • Land | 710 sq mi (1,800 km2) |
| • Water | 8.5 sq mi (22 km2) 1.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,616 |
| • Density | 4.0/sq mi (1.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
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Hitchcock County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,616. Its county seat is Trenton.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Hitchcock County is represented by the prefix 67 (it had the sixty-seventh-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).