Formed January 1, 1883 (71st county)
Loup County (603), Taylor (139)
The stone and wood building was erected in 1957. It is located on 4th Street between Murry and Broadway streets. Nebraska State Highway 91 is Broadway. There was also an 1884 courthouse in Taylor. Kent preceded Taylor as the county seat. This Modern structure was designed by Ballmes and D. E. Matter. The county was founded on January 1, 1883 from Native American Territory as the 71st county. The county is named for the Loup River. It is also the source name for the county seat of Sherman County. Taylor is named for settler Edward Taylor.
Loup County government consists of a sheriff and 3 Commissioners. Two District Court Judges and Three County Court Judges serve Loup, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Howard, Keya Paha, Rock, Sherman, Valley and Wheeler counties. The county is in central Nebraska. Grand Island, Nebraska is south and Omaha, Nebraska is east of the county. The county center is 14.7 miles North-Northwest of Taylor. The county is surrounded clockwise by Rock, Holt, Garfield, Custer, Blaine, and Brown counties.
The area of the county is 570 square miles. It is 63 out of 93 in the state. It ranks 90 out of 93 in population in the state. It has a density of 1.1 persons per square mile making it 83 out of 93 in the state. Loup County has 23.1% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 183 travels north to south through the county from Rock County to Custer County. The county is a rectangle. Taylor is on the southeast border of the county. Taylor is the county seat and the largest city since it is the only incorporated city. It is 23.1% of the county population.
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