Kearney -- U.S. County in Nebraska Population (2000): 6882 Housing Units (2000): 2846 Land area (2000): 516.028941 sq. miles (1336.508766 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.105143 sq. miles (0.272320 sq. km) Total area (2000): 516.134084 sq. miles (1336.781086 sq. km) Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 40.494463 N, 98.961728 W Headwords: Kearney Kearney, NE Kearney County Kearney County, NE