Thurston -- U.S. County in Nebraska Population (2000): 7171 Housing Units (2000): 2467 Land area (2000): 393.811530 sq. miles (1019.967137 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.438914 sq. miles (6.316758 sq. km) Total area (2000): 396.250444 sq. miles (1026.283895 sq. km) Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 42.158896 N, 96.555417 W Headwords: Thurston Thurston, NE Thurston County Thurston County, NE