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Highlands: [1] The Highlands is a newer residential neighborhood in northwest Lincoln, located north of I-80 and near Lincoln Airport. View of Downtown Lincoln from the top of the Nebraska State Capitol Building. Hitching Post Hills: [1] West Lincoln. Huskerville: A now non-existent neighborhood built north of Arnold Heights.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
George Ward Holdrege (March 26, 1847 - September 14, 1926) was an American railroad officer and cattle rancher with large land holdings in western Nebraska. An early advocate of modern agricultural practices, he experimented with irrigation , dryland farming methods, soil conservation , and crop rotation . [ 1 ]
Phelps County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,968. [1] Its county seat is Holdrege. [2] The county was formed in 1873, and was named for William Phelps (1808–1889), a steamboat captain and early settler. [3] [4] [5] [6]
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. [2]
Nebraska Highway 23 is a 159.91-mile (257.35 km) highway in southwestern Nebraska, United States. Its western terminus is on the Colorado border at Venango , where the highway continues west as Colorado State Highway 23 .
Holdrege succeeded in becoming the county seat and the courthouse was completed. Holdrege was incorporated on February 14, 1884, and quickly became the metropolis of the county, being well located with good roads from all directions. The early history of the town was one of ups and downs—good crops one year then drought and no crops at all ...
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.