Map of Nance County, Nebraska

Nance County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,735. Its county seat is Fullerton.

In the Nebraska license plate system, Nance County is represented by the prefix 58 (it had the fifty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

Nance County overview:
Name:	Nance County
FIPS code:	31-125
State:	Nebraska
Founded:	1879
Named for:	Albinus Nance
Seat:	Fullerton
Largest city:	Fullerton
Total Area:	448 sq mi (1,160 km²)
Land Area:	442 sq mi (1,140 km²)
Total Population:	3,390
Population Density:	8.15/sq mi (3.15/km²)
Time zone:	UTC−6 (Central)
Summer Time Zone (DST):	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website:	www.co.nance.ne.us

Nance County location map. Where is Nance County?

Nance County location on the U.S. Map. Where is Nance County. — Location of Nance County in the the United States.

Nance County location on the Nebraska map. Where is Nance County. — Location of Nance County in Nebraska.

History

The land that comprises Nance County was originally part of the Pawnee Reservation, created in 1857 when the Pawnee Indians signed a treaty with the United States ceding its lands in exchange for the reservation. After Nebraska gained statehood in March 1867, the state government extinguished the tribe’s rights to their land, sold the land and used the proceeds to defray expenses to obtain lands elsewhere for the Indians. In the mid-1870s the remainder of the reservation was sold, and in 1876 the tribe was relocated to its present-day location in central Oklahoma. The boundaries for Nance County were approved in 1879. It was named for Governor Albinus Nance.

Nearly all the land in Nance County was purchased by settlers or by investors for resale, instead of the homestead provisions common to most of Nebraska.

Nance County Road Map

Nance CountyStreet Map. — Street map of Nance County, Nebraska. Source: OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Nance CountyMap — Nance Countypolitical map.

Geography

The terrain of Nance County consists of rolling hills, sloping to the northeast. The Loup River flows east-northeastward through the central part of the county. The Cedar River flows southeastward to discharge into the Loup River near Fullerton. The county has a total area of 448 square miles (1,160 km), of which 442 square miles (1,140 km) is land and 6.6 square miles (17 km) (1.5%) is water.