Hooker County, NE lies in extreme western Nebraska near the state’s panhandle region with a population of just over 1,000 people living across 617 square miles of land. Mullen serves as both the county seat and its largest city within Hooker County which offers visitors vast open spaces filled with ranches used for livestock production as well as historical sites including the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway running along Highway 97 featuring some of the most gorgeous scenery in all of Nebraska’s outback country