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In 1874, voters selected Kearney as the seat. [9] During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Watson Ranch, existed in the county. The 8,000 acre ranch extended from the Platte River Valley on the south, to Nebraska's rolling hills on the north, to a point five miles west of downtown Kearney. [10] [11]
Central Community College has a branch campus in Kearney. [41] University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is located in the city. The campus is a 235-acre (0.95 km 2) residential campus with more than 37 buildings. It was founded in 1905 as Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney and became Nebraska State Teachers College in 1921.
Location of Platte County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Platte County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Nebraska established a county-code system for its passenger and motorcycle plates in 1922, with one- or two-digit codes assigned to each county in order of the number of registered vehicles in the county at that time. [6] These codes remained constant through 1950. For 1951, letter codes were used.
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is the largest electric utility in the state of Nebraska, serving all or parts of 84 (of 93) counties. [1] It was formed on January 1, 1970, when Consumers Public Power District, Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District (PVPPID) and Nebraska Public Power System merged to become Nebraska Public Power District.
It drains into the Platte River below the SE corner of the county. The Platte River runs along the south line of Dodge County. According to the US Census Bureau , the county has an area of 543 square miles (1,410 km 2 ), of which 529 square miles (1,370 km 2 ) is land and 14 square miles (36 km 2 ) (2.6%) is water.
John Mellen Thurston, a U. S. senator from Nebraska: 55 6,557: 394 sq mi (1,020 km 2) Valley County: 175: Ord: 1871: Unorganized territory: Named for the many valleys in the area: 47 4,012: 568 sq mi (1,471 km 2) Washington County: 177: Blair: 1854: One of nine original counties: George Washington, the first president of the United States: 29 ...
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 34,296. [1] Its county seat is Columbus. [2] The county was created in 1855. [3] [4] Platte County comprises the Columbus, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area.