Deuel County, Nebraska

PO Box 327
Chappell, NE 69129
Phone: (308) 874-3308
Fax: (308) 874-3472
www.co.deuel.ne.us

On the southern border of NE, west of North Platte; organized Jan 1889 from Cheyenne County. Name Origin: For Henry (or Harry) Porter Deuel (1836-1914), an early settler of Omaha and later a local railroad official

Area (sq mi):: 440.79 (land 439.89; water 0.90) Population per square mile: 4.60
Population 2005: 2,004 State rank: 77 Population change: 2000-20005 -4.50%; 1990-2000 -6.20% Population 2000: 2,098 (White 96.00%; Black or African American 0.00%; Hispanic or Latino 2.70%; Asian 0.40%; Other 2.20%). Foreign born: 0.90%. Median age: 43.50
Income 2000: per capita $17,891; median household $32,981; Population below poverty level: 9.10% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $20,737-$26,226
Unemployment (2004): 2.70% Unemployment change (from 2000): -0.10% Median travel time to work: 18.00 minutes Working outside county of residence: 31.60%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

See other counties in Nebraska.

Deuel County, South Dakota

PO Box 308
Clear Lake, SD 57226
Phone: (605) 874-2120
Fax: (605) 874-2916
www.deuelcountysd.com

On central eastern border of SD, north of Sioux Falls; created Apr 5, 1862 (prior to statehood) from Brookings County. Name Origin: For Jacob S. Deuel (1830-?), sawmill owner and a member of the first Territorial legislature (1862-63)

Area (sq mi):: 636.72 (land 623.55; water 13.17) Population per square mile: 6.90
Population 2005: 4,296 State rank: 39 Population change: 2000-20005 -4.50%; 1990-2000 -0.50% Population 2000: 4,498 (White 97.90%; Black or African American 0.10%; Hispanic or Latino 0.80%; Asian 0.20%; Other 1.20%). Foreign born: 0.70%. Median age: 40.80
Income 2000: per capita $15,977; median household $31,788; Population below poverty level: 10.30% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $25,159-$28,423
Unemployment (2004): 4.30% Unemployment change (from 2000): -0.80% Median travel time to work: 20.50 minutes Working outside county of residence: 34.70%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

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Wood ducks also do well in the eastem third of the state in places like Deuel County and the Big Sioux watershed.

The other Dakota: overshadowed &, underrated, South Dakota holds low-pressure fowling

According to Jones (1964, see also Jones and Choate 1980), the least shrew occurred in the eastern half of Nebraska, extending as far west as central Cherry County in the north, and Deuel County in the southwest (Fig.

Freeman trapped in the floodplain of the South Platte River in Big Springs, Deuel County, in 1989 and captured only Peromyscus maniculatus.

SHIFTING DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS OF MAMMALS IN NEBRASKA

Reported by: WW Hoffman, MD, RG Henrickson, MD, WJ Wengs, MD, JW Crump, MD, M Keppen, MD, Central Plains Clinic, PL Carpenter, MD, North Central Heart, Sioux Falls; D Webb, Deuel County Memorial Hospital, Clear Lake, S Reiffenberger, MD, Brown Clinic, Watertown; B Bleaker JR Ostby, MD, CA Roseth, MD, Bartron Clinic, Watertown; EG Nelson, MD, M Vossier MD, Prairie Lakes Hospital, Watertown; S Lance, DVM, State Epidemiologist, L Volmer, L Schaefer, South Dakota Dept of Health, R Steece, PhD, South Dakota Public Health Laboratory.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - United States, 1995 and 1996

tarsalis collected in Deuel County, South Dakota; no evidence of SLE activity was detected in any of the 186,501 mosquitoes tested from throughout the region (Table 1).

Rapid assessment of vectorborne diseases during the Midwest flood - United States, 1993