Cherry County

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The Cherry County Courthouse in Valentine, listed on NRHP No. 89002229 [1]
The Cherry County Courthouse in Valentine, listed on NRHP No. 89002229
administration
US state : Nebraska
Administrative headquarters : Valentine
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
365 N Main Street
P.O. Box 120
Valentine, NE 69201-0120
Foundation : 1883
Made up from: Indian country
Area code : 001 402
Demographics
Residents : 5713  (2010)
Population density : 0.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 15,565 km²
Water surface : 127 km²
map
Map of Cherry County within Nebraska
Website : www.co.cherry.ne.us
Map from 1885, with:
* Boiling Springs
* Sharp's Ranch
* Valentine
* Seven Creeks
Map from 1919, with an outline in precincts
precincts from 2010 (Cherry County at the top of the map)

The Cherry County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Valentine , named after Edward K. Valentine , a member of the US Congress .

geography

The county is by far the largest in Nebraska by area and is one of the five most sparsely populated counties. It is located in northwest Nebraska, on the border with South Dakota and has an area of ​​15,565 square kilometers, of which 127 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Cherry County:

Oglala Lakota County,
South Dakota 		Bennett County, South Dakota ,
Todd County, South Dakota 		Tripp County,
South Dakota
Sheridan County Compass card (de) .svg Keya Paha County ,
Brown County
Grant County Hooker County ,
Thomas County 		Blaine County

history

Cherry County was formed in 1883 on former Indian land. It was named after Samuel A. Cherry , a lieutenant in the US cavalry.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 10, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1890 6428 -
1900 6541 1.8%
1910 10,414 59.2%
1920 11,753 12.9%
1930 10,898 -7.3%
1940 9637 -11.6%
1950 8397 -12.9%
1960 8218 -2.1%
1970 6846 -16.7%
1980 6758 -1.3%
1990 6307 -6.7%
2000 6148 -2.5%
2010 5713 -7.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990

2000 + 2010

Cherry County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Spade Ranch , listed on the NRHP
Dry Valley Church and Cemetery , listed on the NRHP
FM Walcott House , listed on the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Cherry County had 6,148 people in 2,508 households and 1,710 families. The population density was 0.39 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.19 percent white, 0.07 percent African American, 3.25 percent Native American, 0.42 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.33 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.72 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any of the above mentioned groups were 0.93 percent of the population.

Of the 2,508 households, 31.7 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 57.9 percent were married couples living together, 6.9 percent were single mothers, 31.8 percent were non-families, 28.9 percent were single households, and 12.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 27.0 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 6.2 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.5 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,268 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,500. Males had a median income of $ 23,705 versus $ 17,277 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,943. 9.6 percent of families and 12.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 13.4 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 14.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.

cities and communes

City

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

other places

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 835837. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 10, 2018.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) Retrieved April 13, 2012
  7. Jump up ↑ Cherry County, Nebraska - 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov

literature

  • Gail Lorna DiDonato: Cattle, Environment, and Economic Change: A History of Cherry County, Nebraska's Cattle Industry, from Earliest Times times to 1940. Lincoln 1998 (Dissertation) ( online)

Web links

Commons : Cherry County, Nebraska  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 42 ° 32 ′  N , 101 ° 7 ′  W