Sheridan County is a

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in the

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Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,127. Its

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is Rushville. The county was formed in 1885, and was named for General Philip H. Sheridan. In the Nebraska license plate system, Sheridan County is represented by the prefix 61 (it had the sixty-first-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Geography

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

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. An upper reach of the

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flows eastward through the upper central part of the county. The terrain consists of arid rolling hills, dotted with small lakes in the eastern and southern parts of the county. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Nebraska by area.

Major highways

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Nebraska Highway 2 * N-27

Nebraska Highway 27 * N-87

Nebraska Highway 87 * N-250

Nebraska Highway 250

Adjacent counties

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- north * Cherry County - east *

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- southeast * Garden County - south * Morrill County - southwest * Dawes County - west * Box Butte County - west

Protected areas

* Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area * Walgren Lake State Recreation Area

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 6,198 people, 2,549 households, and 1,728 families in the county. The

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was . There were 3,013 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 88.11%

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, 0.08%

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, 9.23% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.34% from other races, and 2.08% from two or more races. 1.47% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. 31.6% were of

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, 8.8% English, 7.8% Irish and 7.3% American ancestry. There were 2,549 households, out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were

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living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 29.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95. The county population contained 25.60% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $29,484, and the median income for a family was $35,167. Males had a median income of $21,892 versus $18,423 for females. The

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for the county was $14,844. About 11.00% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the

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, including 20.30% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

* Gordon * Rushville (county seat)

Villages

* Clinton * Hay Springs

Census-designated place

* Whiteclay

Unincorporated communities

* Bingham * Ellsworth * Hoffland * Lakeside

Ghost town

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1910 Census-designated places

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* Box Butte * Clinton * Extension * Grant *

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* Kinkaid *

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* Minnetonka *

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* Niobrara * Pine Creek *

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* Running Water * Schill * Sharp * Spring Lake * Township 31 - Hay Springs Village * Township 32 - Range 46 * Township 33 - Gordon Village * Wolf Creek * Wounded Knee

Politics

Sheridan County voters have traditionally voted Republican; every national election since

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has seen Sheridan County choose the Republican Party presidential candidate. The county, alongside neighboring Garden County were the only two counties not to back Democratic Governor Ben Nelson in his 1994 landslide.

References

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