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Welcome to Holt County ...

Time Zone: Holt County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of O'Neill is the Seat for Holt County.

Holt County was founded in 1860.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Holt had a population of 10,067 people. This is a decrease of 3.52% since the last Census (which gave a population of 10,434 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Holt represented 0.57% of the total population of Nebraska.

Below are some of the communities located in Holt County:

  • Atkinson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Chambers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Emmet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Emmet is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emmet <2>
  • Ewing
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ewing is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ewing <2>
  • Inman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Inman is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <2>
  • O'Neill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <2>
  • Page
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Page is located in Holt County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Page <2>
  • Stuart
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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