Box Butte County, Nebraska

Box Butte County
Box Butte County
County
	Box Butte County Courthouse in Alliance
	Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
	Nebraska's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 42°13′N 103°05′W / 42.21°N 103.08°W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1886
Seat	Alliance
Largest city	Alliance
Area
• Total	1,078 sq mi (2,790 km2)
• Land	1,075 sq mi (2,780 km2)
• Water	2.5 sq mi (6 km2) 0.2%
Population
• Estimate (2021)	10,604
• Density	10.1/sq mi (3.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	boxbuttecounty.us

Box Butte County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 10,842.^[1] Its county seat is Alliance.^[2] The county was formed in 1886; it took its name from a large box-shaped butte north of Alliance.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Box Butte County is represented by the prefix 65 (it had the sixty-fifth largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

^ "QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[QF-1] "QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

[2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

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