Formed January 1, 1890 (89th county)
McPherson County (400), Tryon* (107)
The Modern dark red brick facility was erected in 2004 to replace a 1926 facility. The courthouse is at Anderson and 5th streets. Nebraska State Highway 92 is three blocks to the north of the site. KP Construction provided the building designs. The county was established on January 1, 1890 from Native American Territory as the 89th county with Tryon as the only county seat. McPherson County is named for Civil War General James B. McPherson. The county seat source name is disputed.
McPherson County government consists of a sheriff, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Three District Court Judges and Five County Court Judges serve McPherson, Arthur, Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, Perkins, Red Willow and Thomas counties (judicial.) The county is in the western part of the state. Scottsbluff, Nebraska is west and Grand Island, Nebraska is southeast of the county. The county center is 8.3 miles West-Northwest of Tryon. The county is surrounded clockwise by Hooker, Thomas, Logan, Lincoln, Keith, and Arthur counties.
The area of the county is 859 square miles. It is 23 out of 93 in the state. It ranks 93 out of 93 in population in the state. It has a density of 0.5 persons per square mile making it 93 out of 93 in the state. McPherson County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. McPherson County is a rectangle shape. Tryon is in the eastern quarter of the county. Tryon is the county seat and the largest populated area although it is not incorporated. It is 26.8% of the county population. The county is pronounced MUK-FER-SON. The county seat is pronounced TRIE-ON. This county is in the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Tryon (unincorporated)
