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Congressional district. 1st. Website. lancaster .ne .gov. Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 322,608, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Lincoln, [2] the state capital. The county was created in 1859.
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 .
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.
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.
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 ...
1901 Nebraska Legislature names Lancaster County Fairgrounds in Lincoln as the official home of the Nebraska State Fair. 1905 Evening newspaper, Nebraska State Journal, joined by morning newspaper, Lincoln Star. 1911 Omaha-Denver Trans-Continental Route Association in with support from the Good Roads Movement, Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway (O-L ...
Haymarket District (Lincoln, Nebraska) / 40.816611°N 96.710306°W / 40.816611; -96.710306. Generally 7th to 9th and N to R Sts. Haymarket District is a historic section of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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 .