Grand Island, Nebraska
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 Hall County Courthouse |
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| Foundation : | 1857 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Hall County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 55 ′ N , 98 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 42,940 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 772.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 55.9 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 55.6 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 567 m |
| Postcodes : | 68801-68803 |
| Area code : | +1 308 |
| FIPS : | 31-19595 |
| GNIS ID : | 0829622 |
| Website : | www.grand-island.com |
| Mayor : | Roger G. Steele |
 The Stuhr Museum in the city |
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Grand Island is a city in the center of the US state Nebraska and also its third largest city. In 2000 the city had 42,940 inhabitants. According to the update, 44,632 people lived here in 2006. The city is the county seat of Hall County and the most important place in the Grand Island Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Merrick Counties and Howard in addition to Hall Counties .
The city is a major meat production center in the United States. It was founded in 1857 by German settlers who came from Davenport , Iowa to settle in the area known to French traders as La Grande Island .
Grand Island is home to the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC), which trains police officers across the state. The Southern Power District , which is responsible for supplying southern Nebraska with electrical energy, is based in the city, which is also the seat of the diocese of Grand Island .
geography
Grand Island's geographic coordinates are 40 ° 55 ' N , 98 ° 21' W (40.922316, −98.357996).
According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has an area of 55.9 km² , of which 55.6 km² is land and 0.3 km² (= 0.60%) is water.
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Grand Island
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history
The island in the Platte River, which gave today's City Grand Island its name, was discovered by French fur traders around 1700. In 1821 the name La Grande Isle first appeared on French maps. This island extended about 45 km upstream and about 15 km downstream of the present city. The area was ceded to the United States government by the Pawnee in 1848 .
In 1857, 35 settlers of German origin, including Friedrich Hedde , left Davenport and moved west to Nebraska. One reason for this settlement was the construction of the railway because the steam locomotives had to stop about every 200 km to take in water. These settlers reached their destination at the beginning of July 1857. Using locally cut wood, they built permanent shelters until September of the same year.
During the next nine years, the settlers faced some difficulties, including blizzards and conflicts between the Indians living in the area . An arson by an anti-German land exploiter destroyed the first settlement in 1859. When the Union Pacific Railroad was finally built through the area, the residents moved their settlement to the north side of the river where the city is still today. The name was retained.
In 1872 Grand Island was incorporated as a City. When the construction of the railway line reached the city in 1886, the population and industry grew. As a result, prostitution and the sale of brandy also played an important role. Gaming parlors were also built, but in Grand Island these remained physically separate from the brothels . In 1881 the city council passed a statute regulating prostitution. Brothel operators and prostitutes were arrested regularly, once a month, and released after paying a fine. This income flowed into the budget for the school system.
Rail traffic began in 1887. Sugar beet cultivation began in Nebraska around 1890 , and therefore a sugar beet processing facility was established in the southwest of the metropolitan area, the first such facility in Nebraska and the second in the entire United States after Albany, California , but poor weather conditions meant that the Farmers in the region soon stopped growing sugar beet.
From the mid-1890s onwards, the national trend towards morality and sexual hygiene also led to the fight against prostitution in Grand Island. The red light district moved to another district, but resistance arose here too. Finally, in July 1913, the last of the Grand Island brothels closed.
Tornadoes in 1980
On June 3, 1980, Grand Island was hit by a powerful supercell storm. Over the course of the evening, the city was devastated by a total of seven tornadoes , the strongest of which reached F4 on the Fujita scale , with the South Locust industrial park being the hardest hit region. The storm caused the death of five people. The city burned the rubble and buried the ashes. This is how the popularly known Tornado Hill was created .
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, 42,940 people lived here. The population density was 772.2 people per km ². There were 17,421 housing units at an average of 313.3 per km ². The Grand Island population was 86.72% White , 0.42% Black or African American , 0.33% Native American , 1.31% Asian , 0.17% Pacific Islander , 9.64% said others Belonging to races and 1.42% named two or more races. 15.94% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Grand Islands distributed to 16,426 households out of which 34.3% were living in children under 18 years of age. 53.0% of households were married, 10.4% had a female head of household without a husband, and 32.8% were not families. 27.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.09.
The population was divided into 27.0% minors, 9.5% 18–24 year olds, 28.6% 25–44 year olds, 20.8% 45–64 year olds and 14.1% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 women there were 98.1 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 96.0 men.
The median household income in Grand Island was $ 36,044 , and the median family income reached the level of $ 43,197. The median income for men was $ 28,925 versus $ 20,521 for women. The per capita income was $ 17,071. 12.8% of the population and 9.9% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 16.7% of minors and 8.1% of those aged 65 and over.
sons and daughters of the town
- Edith Abbott (1876–1957), sociologist and author
- Grace Abbott (1878-1939), sociologist and author
- George Baird (1907-2004), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Bob Evans (1927-2004), computer pioneer
- Joe Feeney (1931-2008), tenor
- Henry Fonda (1905–1982), film actor
- Jenny Kropp (* 1979), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Tom Rathman (born 1962), professional football player
- Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (* 1964), medical technology engineer
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ La Grande Isle ( English ) Nebraska State Historical Society. June 4, 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ A b c David Haward Bain: The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West . Penguin Books, New York City, New York 2004, ISBN 0143035266 , pp. 60-62.
- ↑ a b c Anne Diffendal: Prostitution in Grand Iceland, Nebraska . In: School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emporia State University (Ed.): Heritage of the Great Plains . 16, Emporia, Kans., August, pp. 1-9. ISSN 0739-4772 .
- ↑ Sugar beets come to Nebraska ( English ) University of Nebraska-Lincoln . Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
