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  2. Lancaster County, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    The county was created in 1859. Lancaster County is part of the Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Lancaster County was represented by the prefix 2 (it had the second-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). In 2002, the state ...

  3. List of counties in Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Loup (1855-1856) Formed from Burt and Un-Organized and then dissolved Madison, Monroe and Platte Counties. Jones (1856-1866) Formed from unorganized territory and dissolved into Jefferson County. Grant, Harrison, Jackson, Lynn, Monroe and Taylor counties listed in 1870 - see map. West (1860-1862) Formed from unorganized territory and dissolved ...

  4. History of Lincoln, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    The history of Lincoln, Nebraska began with the settlement of the village of Lancaster in 1856. The county of Lancaster was founded in 1859. Prior to settlement from the westward expansion of the United States, Plains Indians, descendants of indigenous peoples who occupied the area for thousands of years lived in and hunted along Salt Creek.

  5. Lincoln, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers 100.4 square miles (260.035 km 2) with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the state's 2nd most populous city and the 73rd-largest in the United States. Lincoln is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger ...

  6. Sandhills Global Event Center - Wikipedia

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    The Sandhills Global Event Center, known as the Lancaster Event Center until December 2023, is a public non-profit fairgrounds-style event complex located in Lincoln, Nebraska owned and operated by the Lancaster County Agricultural Society. It was originally built to provide a permanent home for the Lancaster County Fair and other community events.

  7. Denton, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Denton, Nebraska. /  40.73917°N 96.84611°W  / 40.73917; -96.84611. Denton is a village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 189 at the 2020 census .

  8. Salt Creek (Platte River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    Salt Creek ( Pawnee: Káʾit Kiicuʾ [3]) is a tributary of the Platte River, located in Saunders, Cass, and Lancaster counties in southeast Nebraska. It is approximately 44.38 miles (71.42 km) in length. [1] Salt Creek begins in southern Lancaster county and flows north to connect to the Platte River at Mahoney State Park in Ashland.

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster ...

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    Location of Lancaster County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster County, Nebraska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.