 kimball county is a county located in the u.s. state of nebraska. as of the 2010 census, the population was 3,821. its county seat is kimball. the county was formed in 1888 and named after railroad pioneer thomas l. kimball. retrieved on march 15, 2008. in the nebraska license plate system, kimball county is represented by the prefix 71 (it was the county having the seventy-first-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.06%) is water. the highest natural point in nebraska, panorama point at 5,424 feet (1,653 m), is located in kimball county. ===major highways=== *20px interstate 80 *20px u.s. highway 30 *20px nebraska highway 71 ===adjacent counties=== *banner county - north *cheyenne county - east *logan county, colorado - southeast *weld county, colorado - southwest *laramie county, wyoming - west ==demographics== {{uscensuspop |1890=959 |1900=758 |1910=1942 |1920=4498 |1930=4675 |1940=3913 |1950=4283 |1960=7975 |1970=6009 |1980=4882 |1990=4108 |2000=4089 |2010=3821 |estyear = 2013 |estimate = 3702 |footnote=u.s. decennial census1790-1960 
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