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Area code402 Wikidata

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Village in and county seat of Stanton County, Nebraska, United States
1,520Population
1.7 sq miArea
1,480 ftElevation

Stanton is a city in Stanton County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stanton had a population of 1,520. It is the county seat of Stanton County. Stanton was platted in 1870. Both the city and county are named after Edwin Stanton, secretary of war for president Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

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