Lincoln Nebraska was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster and became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859.
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32 Facts About Lincoln Nebraska
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The capital of the Lincoln Nebraska Territory had been Omaha since the creation of the territory in 1854.
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Volga-German immigrants from Russia settled in the North Bottoms neighborhood and as Lincoln Nebraska expanded with the growth in population, the city began to annex nearby towns.
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In 1966, Lincoln Nebraska annexed the township of West Lincoln Nebraska, incorporated in 1887.
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West Lincoln Nebraska voters rejected Lincoln Nebraska's annexation until the state legislature passed a bill in 1965 that allowed cities to annex surrounding areas without a vote.
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In 1956, Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska announced plans to build a $6 million shopping center next to their new campus on Lincoln's eastern outskirts.
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In 2007 and 2009, the city of Lincoln Nebraska received beautification grants for improvements on O and West O Streets, west of the Harris Overpass, commemorating the history of the D-L-D.
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In 2000, Lincoln Nebraska was the twelfth-largest resettlement site per capita in the country.
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The boom housing market in south Lincoln Nebraska created new housing developments including high end housing in areas like Cripple Creek, Willamsburg and The Ridge.
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On November 29, 2017, Lincoln was named a Smart Gigabit Community by U S Ignite Inc and in early 2018, Spectrum joined the ranks of internet service providers providing 1 gigabit internet within the city.
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The Lincoln Nebraska-Beatrice combined statistical area is home to 363, 733 people making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States.
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In 2013, Lincoln Nebraska was named one of the "Top Ten Most Welcoming Cities in America" by Welcoming America.
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Lincoln Nebraska's economy is fairly typical of a mid-sized American city; most economic activity is derived from the service and manufacturing industries.
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Several national business were originally established in Lincoln Nebraska; these include student lender Nelnet, Ameritas, Assurity, Fort Western Stores, CliffsNotes and HobbyTown USA.
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Annual events in Lincoln have come and gone throughout time, such as Band Day at the University of Nebraska's Lincoln campus and the Star City Holiday Parade.
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Since Lincoln is the state capital, many Nebraska state and United States Government offices are in Lincoln.
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Music literacy in Lincoln Nebraska begins early with Lincoln Nebraska Public School music programs that provide children with the opportunity to begin strings in 4th grade and band in the 5th grade.
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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system, is the largest university in Nebraska, with 20, 830 undergraduate, 4, 426 postgraduate students and 564 professionals enrolled in 2018.
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Universities with satellite locations in Lincoln are Bellevue University, Concordia University and Doane University.
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Lincoln Nebraska has four licensed broadcast full power television stations; and one serving the city, but licensed to an area outside its limits:.
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Lincoln Nebraska is served by Interstate 80 via seven interchanges, connecting the city to San Francisco in the west and Teaneck, New Jersey in the New York City metropolitan area in the east.
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The eastern segment of Nebraska Highway 2 is a primary trucking route that connects the Kansas City metropolitan area to the I-80 corridor in Lincoln.
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The Lincoln Nebraska Airport was among the emergency landing sites for the NASA Space Shuttle.
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Amtrak provides service to Lincoln station, operating its California Zephyr daily in each direction between Chicago and Emeryville, California, using BNSF's Lincoln – Denver route through Nebraska.
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Lincoln Nebraska has a third-generation dock-based bike share program that began in mid-April 2018, called BikeLNK.
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Lincoln Nebraska has a fleet of commercial pedicabs that operates in the downtown area.
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Lincoln Nebraska has three major hospitals within two health care systems serving the city: Bryan Health and CHI Health St Elizabeth.
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