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Merrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,845.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/31/31121.html )〕 Its county seat is Central City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Merrick County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Merrick County is represented by the prefix 46 (it had the forty-sixth-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). ==History== Merrick County was formed in 1858 and later organized in 1864. It was named for Elvira Merrick, the maiden name of the wife of territorial legislator Henry W. DePuy, who introduced the bill creating the county.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebraska Place Names (1925) )〕 When first formed, the county was bounded on the south by the Platte River, and by straight lines on the north, east, and west. It thus included 180 square miles (470 km2) of the Pawnee Reservation, established one year before the county. In 1873, the state legislature removed these reservation lands from the county, leaving it with a jagged northern border from which narrow panhandles extended northward from the northeast and northwest corners. In 1897, the Pawnee Reservation became Nance County.〔("Merrick County's 100th Year: 1858-1958". ) NEGenWeb Project. Retrieved 2009-12-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Merrick County, Nebraska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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