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This is a list of streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1854, today Omaha's population is over 400,000, making it the nation's 40th-largest city in the United States. There are more than 1.2 million residents within a 50-mile (80-km) radius of the city's center, forming the Greater Omaha area.
Northwest Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska. It holds several neighborhoods. It holds several neighborhoods. The area is loosely bound by West Maple Road to the south, the Douglas - Washington County line to the north, Elkhorn to the west, and McKinley Street, I-680 , and 72nd Street to the east.
Beechwood was located near the now-gone Florence Lake in East Omaha. It had its own school district, and the site is now occupied by several trailer courts. Benson is a neighborhood of north-central Omaha near 60th and Maple Streets; it was annexed in 1917. Dundee is a neighborhood in central Omaha near 50th and Dodge Streets.
North Omaha has been the birthplace and home of many figures of national and local import. They include Jewish-American author Tillie Olsen, who was a labor organizer in a packinghouse and wrote about women and the poor working class; Whitney Young, an important civil rights leader and later national director of the Urban League; the Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers; actor John Beasley ...
I-480 east (Gerald R. Ford Expressway) – Downtown Omaha: Northern end of I-480 overlap; exit 2C on I-480; southbound exit includes direct exit ramp to 24th Street: Southern end of North Freeway: 90.23– 90.30: 145.21– 145.32: 2B: 30th Street / Dodge Street: No northbound exit: 90.84: 146.19 — N-64 west (Cuming Street) – Creighton ...
Buildings within the Old Market have served a variety of purposes, and were built during various eras. Originally built to sell groceries wholesale and retail to the city of Omaha and beyond, the Old Market district was preceded by the Market House in Omaha's Jefferson Square. The Old Market district was formed when the Market House still stood.
Benson is a historic neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Now a pocket within North Omaha , Benson Place was originally platted in 1887 and was annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917. Actor Nick Nolte lived in the Benson area before moving to the Westside district.
Ralston, a city in south-central Douglas County surrounded by Omaha on three sides and roughly bounded by 72nd to the east, 84th to the west, L on the north, and Harrison on the south. Elkhorn , on the outskirts of western Omaha and annexed in 2007; Millard , a broad area of southwest Omaha and annexed in 1971.