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Merrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska . As of 2010, the population was 7,845, a decline of 4.4% from the 2000 population of 8,204. Its county seat is Central City . Merrick County is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area . In the Nebraska license plate system, Merrick County is represented by the prefix 46 .
Merrick County was formed in 1858. 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. 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 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 .
