Fremont, Nebraska
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 (1858) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Dodge County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 27 ′ N , 96 ° 30 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 25,174 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,311.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 19.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 19.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 366 m |
| Postcodes : | 68025, 68026 |
| Area code : | +1 402 |
| FIPS : | 31-17670 |
| GNIS ID : | 0829408 |
| Website : | www.fremontne.gov |
| Mayor : | Scott Getzschman |
Fremont is a city and the seat of the county seat of Dodge County in the US state of Nebraska .
history
Fremont was founded by Pinney-Barnard & Co. on August 23, 1856 and named after the famous explorer John Charles Fremont . The city was officially registered in 1858 and the county seat of Dodge County in 1860. The hope of a connection to the railroad was fulfilled in 1866 with the arrival of the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad . Its favorable location secured Fremont's future, especially as a stopover for many pioneers on their way west and as a supply point for further railway construction to the west. By 1906, three major railroad companies ran through Fremont, and business and industry as well as agriculture had established themselves as economic factors. In addition, there are now about 800,000 tourists visiting the Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area each year.
When the nearby rivers flooded in March 2019, the city was cut off from the outside world.
geography
Fremont is located in eastern Nebraska on Nebraska State Highways 41 and 22 , and US Highway 77 . It is about 50 km from Omaha . The city lies between the Platte River in the south and the Elkhorn River in the north.
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2000 , Fremont has 25,174 residents, of which 11,977 are men and 13,197 are women.
sons and daughters of the town
- Harold E. Edgerton (1903–1990), electrical engineer, inventor of the stroboscope and pioneer of high-speed photography
- William L. Armstrong (1937–2016), businessman and politician
- Don King (born 1954), country musician
- Marg Helgenberger (* 1958), actress
- Lynn Rogers (born 1958), politician, lieutenant governor of Kansas
- Jordan Larson (* 1986), volleyball player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ City Council on City of Fremont
- ↑ Mihir Zaveri: Record-High Floods in Nebraska Breach Levees and Isolate Towns. In: nytimes.com . March 16, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000