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is a city in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 27,431 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Buffalo County and home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Kearney is "
Kearney is the principal city of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Buffalo and Kearney counties.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.2 square miles (29.0 km²), of which, 11.0 square miles (28.4 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (1.96%) is water.