Gage County is a

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in the

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. As of the

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, the population was 21,704. Its

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is Beatrice. The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. It was formed from land taken from the

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in an 1854 treaty. The county was named for William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as the first chaplain of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. Gage County comprises the Beatrice, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also in the

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-Beatrice, NE

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. In the Nebraska license plate system, Gage County is represented by the prefix 3 (it had the third-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Geography

Gage County lies on the south line of Nebraska. Its south boundary line abuts the north boundary line of the state of

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. The Big Blue River runs SSE through the central part of the county. According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.0%) is water.

Major highways

U.S. Highway 77 * US 136

U.S. Highway 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . US 13 ...

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Nebraska Highway 8 Nebraska Highway 8 (N-8) is a highway in southern and southeastern Nebraska. Its western terminus is at Nebraska Highway 14 in Superior and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 73 (US 73) in Falls City. It runs through the southern ti ...

Nebraska Highway 41 Nebraska Highway 41 is a highway in Nebraska. It runs for a length of in a west-to-east direction. Its western terminus is in Clay Center at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 14 and Nebraska Spur 18D. Its eastern terminus is at an interse ...

Nebraska Highway 43 Nebraska Highway 43 (N-43) is a highway in southeastern Nebraska. It runs for a length of in a south-to-north direction. Its southern terminus is near Adams at an intersection with N-41. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. ...

Nebraska Highway 103 Nebraska Highway 103 is a highway in southeastern Nebraska. It is a discontinuous highway with two segments. The southern segment begins at Nebraska Highway 8 south of Diller and ends at U.S. Highway 136 north of Diller. The northern segment be ...

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Adjacent counties

* Lancaster County - north * Otoe County - northeast * Johnson County - northeast * Pawnee County - east *

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- southeast *

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- southwest * Jefferson County - west * Saline County - northwest

Protected areas

* Homestead National Monument * Rockford Lake State Recreation Area

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 22,993 people, 9,316 households, and 6,204 families in the county. The

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was 27 people per square mile (10/km²). There were 10,030 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.69%

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, 0.32%

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, 0.58% Native American, 0.28%

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, 0.03%

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, 0.26% from

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, and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.85% of the population were

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of any race. 56.6% were of

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, 6.9%

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, 6.3%

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and 6.3%

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ancestry. There were 9,316 households, out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.70% were

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living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 29.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.91. The county population contained 24.00% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $34,908, and the median income for a family was $43,072. Males had a median income of $29,680 versus $21,305 for females. The

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for the county was $17,190. About 6.60% of families and 8.70% of the population were below the

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, including 9.70% of those under age 18 and 8.00% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

* Beatrice (county seat) * Blue Springs * Wymore

Villages

* Adams * Barneston * Clatonia * Cortland * Filley *

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* Odell * Pickrell *

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Census-designated place

* Holmesville

Unincorporated communities

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* Hoag * Krider * Lanham * Rockford

Townships

* Adams * Barneston * Blakely * Blue Springs-Wymore * Clatonia *

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* Filley * Glenwood *

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* Hooker * Island Grove *

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* Midland * Nemaha *

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* Rockford *

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Politics

Prior to 1940, Gage County was a swing county, backing the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1936. Since then, it has become a Republican stronghold, aside from the 1964 election in which Democrat

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won the county in the midst of his national landslide victory.

References

External links

* {{authority control 1857 establishments in Nebraska Territory Populated places established in 1857