28 Facts About South Omaha

1. South Omaha is an amazing place to live, retire, or visit.

2. South Omaha rocks and Nebraskans are the cream of the crop.

3. South Omaha does not have enough diversity and culture and yes I do deem it as a racist state.

4. South Omaha has got to be one of the most overrated towns in the world.

5. South Omaha is one of the most boring, overrated cities in the country.

6. South Omaha is basically Nashville for indie rock, and Saddle Creek is a big part of it.

7. The City of South Omaha maintains two modern sewage treatment plants.

8. South Omaha is home to Brownell-Talbot School, the only preschool through grade 12, independent college preparatory school in the state of Nebraska.

9. Education in South Omaha is provided by many private and public institutions.

10. South Omaha is one of only three cities in Nebraska to use this option, out of 17 eligible.

11. South Omaha was home to a new expansion team in the United Football League that play from 2010 to 2011.

12. South Omaha is home to the South Omaha Diamond Spirit, a collegiate summer baseball team that plays in the MINK league.

13. South Omaha Sports Commission is a quasi-governmental nonprofit organization that coordinates much of the professional and amateur athletic activity in the city, including the 2008, 2012 and 2016 US Olympic Swimming Team Trials and the building of a new stadium in North Downtown.

14. South Omaha hosts the only Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Nebraska, along with a significant Jewish community.

15. The city of South Omaha was established by European Americans from neighboring Council Bluffs who arrived from the Northeast United States a few years earlier.

16. South Omaha is notorious for its 1989 demolition of 24 buildings in the Jobbers Canyon Historic District, which represents to date the largest loss of buildings on the National Register.

17. South Omaha is home to dozens of nationally, regionally and locally significant landmarks.

18. Since the 1970s, South Omaha has continued expanding and growing, mostly to available land to the west.

19. South Omaha was a stopping point for settlers and prospectors heading west, either overland or via the Missouri River.

20. Economy of South Omaha boomed and busted through its early years.

21. The word South Omaha means "Dwellers on the bluff".

22. South Omaha is the birthplace of Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States.

23. Tourism in South Omaha benefits the city's economy greatly: the annual College World Series and Triple Crown SlumpBusterprovide important revenue, and the city's Henry Doorly Zoo is the top attraction in Nebraska and was named the best zoo in the world by Trip Advisor in 2014.

24. South Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition.

25. South Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.

26. South Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

27. In recent decades, South Omaha has seen an influx of new immigrants representing Hispanic and Sudanese populations.

28. South Omaha is a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.