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The county was formed in 1888 and named after railroad pioneer Thomas Lord Kimball. [3] In the Nebraska license plate system, Kimball County is represented by the prefix 71 (it was the county having the seventy-first-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Alliance is located at the western edge of Nebraska's Sand Hills. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.73 square miles (12.25 km 2), of which 4.72 square miles (12.22 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [8]
Largest lake, shared with South Dakota. Long 155 5 mph Brown south of Ainsworth Mallard Landing 90 Douglas County: private lake Maloney: 1,650 Lincoln: near North Platte McConaughy: 30,500 Keith: near Ogallala. Largest lake entirely within the State of Nebraska. Lake Minatare: 2,158 Scotts Bluff NE of Scotts Bluff Ogallala 650 5 mph Keith near ...
The 84-year-old Pensacola Dam generates electricity for Grand River Dam Authority customers. The power generation project currently is navigating its periodic licensing renewal with the Federal ...
For example, Nellie Newmark (1888–1978) was the clerk of the District Court at Lincoln for a half-century, 1907–56. She gained a reputation for assisting judges and new attorneys assigned to the court.
Granby Silver Creek Water and Wastewater Authority; Grand County Water and Sanitation District No. 1; Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District; Greenwood Plaza Water District; Havana Water and Sanitation District; Hazeltine Heights Water and Sanitation District; Heeney Water District; High View Water District; Highland Lakes Water District
The Florence Water Works was constructed in 1879 and finished in 1880 by the City Water Works Company, a private venture owned locally. That company defaulted on its loans, [2] and in 1887, it was purchased by the American Water Works Company. American operated private water companies in many cities, including South Omaha and Denver.
[4] This was later translated into English as its current name, Weeping Water. The village of Nehawka, also in Cass County, is an anglicization of Nigahoe, the original name of the stream in Weeping Water. [4] Weeping Water was platted in 1867. [5] Weeping Water was incorporated as a village in 1870, and as a city in 1888. [6]