Furnas County, Nebraska
Furnas County, Nebraska | |
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Furnas County Courthouse in Beaver City | |
Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′N 99°55′W / 40.17°N 99.91°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Named after | Robert W. Furnas |
| Seat | Beaver City |
| Largest city | Cambridge |
| Area | |
• Total | 721 sq mi (1,870 km2) |
| • Land | 719 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
| • Water | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) 0.2% |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2021) | 4,636 |
| • Density | 6.6/sq mi (2.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Furnas County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 4,636. Its county seat is Beaver City. The county was named for Robert Wilkinson Furnas, the second governor of the state of Nebraska.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Furnas County is represented by the prefix 38 (it had the thirty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).