Garfield County, Nebraska
county in Nebraska, United States
Garfield County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,813. Its county seat is Burwell. The county was organized in 1884; it was named for James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States.
In the Nebraska license plate system, Garfield County is represented by the prefix 83 (it had the 83rd-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Geography
The North Loup River runs through the southwest corner of Garfield County.
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of 571 square miles (1,480 km2), of which 570 square miles (1,500 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (0.3%) is water.
Major highways
Adjacent counties
Protected areas
Calamus Reservoir State Park (partial)
Mirdan Canal State Wildlife Management Area
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,813. The median age was 46.9 years. 21.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 28.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older.
“Garfield County, Nebraska” enters the record as county in Nebraska, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Garfield, County and Nebraska can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Garfield County, Nebraska” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Garfield, County and Nebraska provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q489767. VIAF identifies the subject as 147851611. The Library of Congress control number is n88077001. Authority coordinates are 41.890, -98.980. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1884 and 1922.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Garfield County, Nebraska”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Garfield County, Nebraska primary sources, Garfield County, Nebraska archive and Garfield research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Garfield County, Nebraska”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Garfield County, Nebraska” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.