Pierce County, Nebraska

Pierce County
Pierce County
County
	Pierce County courthouse in Pierce
	Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
	Nebraska's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 42°16′N 97°37′W / 42.27°N 97.61°W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1859
Named for	Franklin Pierce
Seat	Pierce
Largest city	Pierce
Area
• Total	575 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Land	573 sq mi (1,480 km2)
• Water	1.3 sq mi (3 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	7,317
• Density	13/sq mi (4.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.co.pierce.ne.us

Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,317.^[1] Its county seat is Pierce.^[2] The county was formed in 1859, and was named for US President Franklin Pierce.^[3]^[4]

Pierce County is part of the Norfolk, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Pierce County is represented by the prefix 40 (it had the 40th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

^ "Pierce County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 114. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ "Pierce County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[1] "Pierce County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 114. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[4] "Pierce County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

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