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Platte
Platte. (1) A county of Missouri, United States of America, having Platte city as its capital. (2) A county of Nebraska, United States of America, the capital of which is Columbus. Platte, La, a river of the United States formed by the confluence of the North and South Forks, near Fort MacPherson, in Nebraska. It then flows east through that territory till it joins the Missouri near Platte city, after a course of about 1,000 miles.