Antelope County is a

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located in the

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. As of the

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, the population was 6,295. Its

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is Neligh. The county was formed in 1871. It received its name after a group of early settlers killed and ate several

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. Although these are not true antelope, they are colloquially known by that name. The

Ashfall Fossil Beds The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are rare fossil sites of the type called lagerstätten that, due to extraordinary local conditions, capture an ecological "snapshot" in time of a range of well-preserved fossil ...

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is located within the county. In the Nebraska license plate system, Antelope County is represented by the prefix 26 (it had the 26th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Geography

According to the

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, the county has an area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.

Adjacent counties

* Pierce County – east * Madison County – southeast * Boone County – south *

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– southwest * Holt County – west * Knox County – north

Major highways

U.S. Highway 20 * US 275

U.S. Highway 275 U.S. Route 275 (US 275) is a north–south United States highway that is a branch of US 75. It originally terminated at US 75 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The highway's northern terminus is in O'Neill, Nebraska, at an intersection with U.S. High ...

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Nebraska Highway 45 Nebraska Highway 45 is a highway in Nebraska. It runs in a south-to-north direction for . It has a southern terminus at Nebraska Highway 91 south of Newman Grove. It has a northern terminus in Tilden at an intersection with U.S. Highway 275. ...

Nebraska Highway 70 Nebraska Highway 70 is a highway in central Nebraska. Its western terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 2 and Nebraska Highway 92 east of Broken Bow. Its eastern terminus is at Nebraska Highway 14 in Elgin. Route description Neb ...

Protected areas

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are rare fossil sites of the type called lagerstätten that, due to extraordinary local conditions, capture an ecological "snapshot" in time of a range of well-preserved fossil ...

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 7,452 people, 2,953 households, and 2,073 families in the county. The

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was 9 people per square mile (3/km²). There were 3,346 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.82%

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, 0.05%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.05%

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, 0.28% from

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, and 0.48% from two or more races. 0.70% of the population were

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of any race. 57.9% were of

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, 6.6%

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, 6.6%

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and 5.9%

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ancestry. There were 2,953 households, out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.50% were

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living together, 5.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.05. The county population contained 27.50% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 19.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $30,114, and the median income for a family was $36,240. Males had a median income of $26,288 versus $16,926 for females. The

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for the county was $14,601. About 10.30% of families and 13.60% of the population were below the

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, including 17.20% of those under age 18 and 11.90% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

* Elgin * Neligh (county seat) * Tilden (part)

Villages

* Brunswick *

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* Oakdale *

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Townships

* Bazile * Blaine * Burnett *

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* Eden * Elgin * Ellsworth *

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* Frenchtown *

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* Neligh * Oakdale *

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* Stanton *

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Politics

Antelope County voters are strongly Republican. In only one national election since 1916 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate.

References

External links

* http://www.co.antelope.ne.us/ {{authority control Nebraska counties 1871 establishments in Nebraska