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Nebraska County Countdown 37: Phelps County

Funk-y town, Kenny Bell, a massacre, and heroics vs the Hawkeyes

Welcome to the land down under…south of Interstate 80 that is. Phelps county is located just southwest of the city of Kearney in south central Nebraska. The population in 2010 was 9,188 and the county seat is Holdrege.

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According to Wikipedia, the county was named after an early settler to the area named William Phelps. According to the official county website, it was named after Mississippi River steamboat captain William Phelps. Call me crazy, but I’ll go with the official county website’s version.

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