Sherman County, Nebraska

Sherman County
Sherman County
County
	Sherman County Courthouse in Loup City
	Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
	Nebraska's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 41°13′N 98°58′W / 41.22°N 98.97°W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1870 (founded); 1872 (organized)
Named for	William Tecumseh Sherman
Seat	Loup City
Largest city	Loup City
Area
• Total	572 sq mi (1,480 km2)
• Land	566 sq mi (1,470 km2)
• Water	5.8 sq mi (15 km2) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	2,959
• Density	5.2/sq mi (2.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd

Sherman County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,959.^[1] Its county seat is Loup City.^[2] The county was created in 1870, and was organized in 1872.^[3]^[4]^[5] It was named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.^[6]

In the Nebraska license plate system, Sherman County is represented by the prefix 56 (it had the fifty-sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

^ "Sherman County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 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. 135. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on May 10, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "Sherman County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^ "Sherman County". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

[1] "Sherman County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 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. 135. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[4] Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on May 10, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[5] "Sherman County". Nebraska Association of County Officials. Retrieved December 17, 2014.

[6] "Sherman County". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

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