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Grand Island Army Airfield was opened in 1942, and was one of eleven USAAF training bases in Nebraska during World War II. A portion of the 2,125-acre (8.60 km 2) site was a former national defense airport. The site is bordered on all sides by farm ground. The Army Airfield was constructed, in part, over the pre-existing Grand Island Arrasmith ...
It is located 6 miles (10 km) west of Grand Island, Nebraska. It is currently an EPA Superfund site because of groundwater contamination by explosives and soil contamination by explosives and heavy metals. [2] The plant occupies 12,042 acres (4,873 ha). [clarification needed]
May 2, 1975 (321 W. 2nd St. Grand Island: 10: Grand Island FCC Monitoring Station: Grand Island FCC Monitoring Station: January 16, 1973 (609 N. Monitor Road [5: Grand Island
Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. [3] The population was 53,131 at the 2020 census , making it the 4th most populous city in Nebraska . [ 4 ] Grand Island is the principal city of the Grand Island metropolitan area , which consists of Hall, Merrick , and Howard counties.
McKelvie remained Nebraska Farmer publisher until his death in 1956. [3] The company continued to expand, launching Colorado Rancher and Farmer in 1947 (now part of the Western Farmer-Stockman) and creating the Husker Harvest Days farm show near Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1978. [4]
The Tri-Cities is an area of Nebraska consisting of the cities of Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney.It has a population of 174,530 as of 2020. [1] [2] [3] The Tri-Cities region is not an official Metropolitan Statistical Area or Combined Statistical Area, however the region would be Nebraska's third largest if it was, behind Lincoln but ahead of Sioux City.
The Nebraska Ordnance Plant is a former United States Army ammunition plant located approximately ½ mile south of Mead, Nebraska and 30 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska in Saunders County. It originally extended across 17,250 acres (69.8 km 2 ) producing weapons from 1942-45 after which the Army used it as a bomb factory during the Vietnam War.
Shelton is a village in Buffalo and Hall counties, Nebraska, United States. [4] It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,059 at the 2010 census. It is located west of Grand Island along both the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Route 30. Nebraska Link 10-D connects Shelton with Interstate 80.