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==Geography== [[File:Banner County N buttes 4.JPG|thumb|alt=Cliffs and pinnacles in distance; grassland with cattle in foreground|Cattle grazing near buttes on north side of Pumpkin Creek Valley]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau|US Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|746|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|746|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}} (0.02%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_31.txt |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 |access-date=December 6, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref> Banner County lies on what was once a tableland sloping away from the [[Rocky Mountains]]. Over geologic history, it was eroded by Pumpkin Creek and other watercourses, and much of the county now lies below the original High Plains level. The county can be divided into four major geographic divisions: the low-lying and relatively flat valley of Pumpkin Creek, which occupies about 40% of the county's area; a tableland, in places smooth and in others deeply dissected, occupying the southern one-third of the county; the [[Wildcat Hills]], a highly dissected [[escarpment]] that crosses the county's northwestern portion; and a small portion of the [[North Platte River]] valley in the county's northeastern corner.<ref>Hayes and Bedell (1921), pp. 5–6.</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== The western edge of Banner County abuts the eastern border of the state of [[Wyoming]]. * [[Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska|Scotts Bluff County]] - north * [[Morrill County, Nebraska|Morrill County]] - east * [[Cheyenne County, Nebraska|Cheyenne County]] - southeast * [[Kimball County, Nebraska|Kimball County]] - south * [[Laramie County, Wyoming]] - west * [[Goshen County, Wyoming]] - northwest ===Highways=== * [[Nebraska Highway 88]] – runs generally east–west, from [[Bridgeport, Nebraska|Bridgeport]] to [[La Grange, Wyoming]], passing north of Harrisburg * [[Nebraska Highway 71]] – runs north–south, from [[Kimball, Nebraska|Kimball]] to [[Gering, Nebraska|Gering]], passing east of Harrisburg.<ref>''Nebraska Atlas & Gazetteer''. Delorme; Freeport, Maine. First edition, 1996. pp. 42-43.</ref>
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