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Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska.The city covers 100.4 square miles (260.035 km 2) and had a population of 291,082 as of the 2020 census.It is the state's second-most populous city and the 71st-most populous 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 Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Nebraska, anchored by the city of Lincoln. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 340,217.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has their first basketball game at the new arena in November. [59] 2014. On May 22, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln demolished the former Cushman Motorworks building. Built in 1913 and purchased from Textron in 2003, UNL demolished the building without any notice and without demolition permits from the city.
Nebraska, and in particular Lincoln, is the largest home of Yazidis refugees and Yazidi Americans in the United States. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Notably, Nebraska was the last of all 50 states to maintain a ban on the issuance of driver's licenses to adults who had entered the United States illegally as children (also known as Dreamers).
Lincoln most commonly refers to: . Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States; Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
Greater South: [1] South St to Nebraska Pkwy and 33rd to 40th. Hartley: [1] One of Lincoln's earliest suburbs, Hartley is located east of the downtown proper, east of 27th Street and north of O Street. It is a mainly residential neighborhood of houses built 1890–1940.
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census , the population was 34,676. [ 2 ] Its county seat is North Platte . [ 3 ]