Editing Perkins County, Nebraska (section)

==Geography==
Perkins County lies on the southwest side of Nebraska. Its west boundary line abuts the east boundary line of the state of [[Colorado]]. The county terrain consists of arid, low rolling hills. The planar areas are used for agriculture, usually employing [[center pivot irrigation]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Perkins+County,+NE/@40.8503606,-101.7854915,47399m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8776969c1d40f4b7:0x99a7b8c9029054db!8m2!3d40.7922353!4d-101.4339148 ''Perkins County NE''  Google Maps (accessed 26 January 2019)]</ref> The land slopes to the southeast.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title=''Find Elevation'' Google Maps (accessed 26 January 2019) |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The county has an area of {{convert|884|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|883|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi}} (0.1%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_31.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024152/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_31.txt|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>

Most of Nebraska's 93 counties (the eastern 2/3) observe [[Central Time Zone|Central Time]]; the western counties (including Perkins) observe [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain Time]]. Perkins County is the easternmost of the Nebraska counties to observe Mountain Time.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=mountain+time+line+map&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=RUjCMBjeIiO8hM%253A%252C3aqjtMmxdlTA-M%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQk1pvtETGPO2WW6rWODGq6hR_tvQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1g4GwkYPgAhUprVQKHeIlAt4Q9QEwDnoECAMQCA#imgrc=TpMe2DRg-3OeWM: Map of Time Zone Line through Nebraska (accessed 22 January 2019)]</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[File:N-23.svg|20px]] [[Nebraska Highway 23]]
* [[File:N-61.svg|20px]] [[Nebraska Highway 61]]

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Lincoln County, Nebraska|Lincoln County]] – east (observes [[Central Time Zone|Central Time]])
* [[Hayes County, Nebraska|Hayes County]] – southeast (observes Central Time)
* [[Chase County, Nebraska|Chase County]] – south
* [[Phillips County, Colorado]] – southwest
* [[Sedgwick County, Colorado]] – west
* [[Deuel County, Nebraska|Deuel County]] – northwest
* [[Keith County, Nebraska|Keith County]] – north
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