Hall County, Nebraska

Hall County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 58,607, making it Nebraska's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Grand Island. The county was formed in 1858 and named after Augustus Hall, an early judge of this territory.Hall County is part of the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area.In the Nebraska license plate system, Hall County is represented by the prefix 8. Hall County had the eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922.GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (1.1%) is water.Hall County has the highest density of tornado activity in Nebraska, with 121 tornadoes per 1000sqmi, about 4 times the state average.Major highways 20px Interstate 80 20px U.S. Route 30 20px U.S. Route 34 22px U.S. Route 281 20px Nebraska Highway 2 20px Nebraska Highway 11