Hallam, Nebraska
| Hallam | |
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 Main Street in Hallam |
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| Location in Nebraska | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1892 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Lancaster County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 213 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 473.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 0.45 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of which 0.45 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 453 m |
| Postal code : | 68368 |
| Area code : | +1 402 |
| FIPS : | 31-20610 |
| GNIS ID : | 0829756 |
| Website : | lancaster.ne.gov/hallam/ |
Hallam is a village in Lancaster County in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The village is about 30 kilometers south-southwest of Lincoln and had a total of 213 inhabitants at the last census in 2010 .
history
The village of Hallam was established in November 1892 after the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was extended there. Frederick Schneider, who sold part of the land to the railway company, is considered to be the founder of the place. The village was named after the suggestion of Jacob Schadd, an employee of the railway company, after the village of Hallau in Switzerland, the place of origin Schadds. The spelling Hallam goes back to a spelling mistake in the founding documents in which the letters "u" and "m" were interchanged. After the first plot of land was sold and built on in 1892, the place slowly began to grow. In Hallam there was a telephone connection and a doctor's office.
A year later, the United States Postal Service's local office in Hallam opened and the first home was built. Also in 1893 the city received its first church, the Congregational United Church of Christ. There had been a bank in the village since 1898 and shortly after the turn of the century Hallam had a tool shop, dry goods shop and pharmacy. In 1901 Hallam was incorporated as a village , and the place received a school. While Hallam experienced a strong increase in population during the construction of the railway, the population remained largely constant later. In 1917 the second church in town, the Hallam United Methodist Church, was built. In 1920 the place was supplied with electricity for the first time. In 1929 and 1937 there were major fires in Hallam that destroyed parts of the town.
In 1962, construction of the Hallam Nuclear Power Plant , the second nuclear power plant in the United States , was completed. The jobs thus made available led to a doubling of the population between 1950 and 1960. On September 1, 1964, nuclear power generation in Hallam was discontinued for safety reasons and the power plant was converted into a coal-fired power plant .
On May 22, 2004, Hallam was devastated by a magnitude 4 tornado on the Fujita scale . One person was killed and around 40 others injured. The place was almost completely destroyed, the two churches also fell victim to the tornado and were then rebuilt.
Demographics
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 168 | - | |
| 1920 | 212 | 26.2% | |
| 1930 | 193 | -9% | |
| 1940 | 168 | -13% | |
| 1950 | 172 | 2.4% | |
| 1960 | 264 | 53.5% | |
| 1970 | 280 | 6.1% | |
| 1980 | 290 | 3.6% | |
| 1990 | 309 | 6.6% | |
| 2000 | 276 | -10.7% | |
| 2010 | 213 | -22.8% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
2010 Census
At the 2010 census there were 213 inhabitants in Hallam, spread over 78 households and 63 families. Of the local population, 95.3% were White , 0.9% Native American , 3.3% Asian, and 0.5% were of other ethnic backgrounds. In terms of age, 27.7% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.2% were between 18 and 24, 30.0% between 25 and 44, 30.1% between 45 and 64 and 7.0% were older than 65 years . The median age was 35.1 years. There were children under the age of 18 in 41.9% of households and persons over 65 lived in 6.4% of households. 53.5% of the population were male and 46.5% were female.
Census 2000
At the 2000 census , Hallam had 276 inhabitants, spread over 110 households and 86 families. 92.39% of the population were white, 2.54% natives, 4.35% Asians and 0.72% of other ethnicities.
The average income per household was 42,031 in the city at this time the US dollar , the average income for a family was 45,156 US dollars. 2.5% of the population lived below the poverty line , none of these residents were under 18 and 12.5% were over 65 years old.
Economy and Infrastructure
Due to the extremely rural location, the economy in Hallam is characterized by agriculture . The village has one of two grain elevators in southern Lancaster County. Hallam also benefits economically from its proximity to the city of Lincoln. The main employer is Sheldon Station Power Plant , a coal-fired power station north of Hallam .
Hallam is about seven kilometers west of US Highway 77 between Lincoln and Beatrice . The Interstate 80 is located around 40 kilometers north of Hallam. The place belongs to the school district of the city of Crete , where the children of Hallam attend school.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Our towns in Nebraska. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, archived from the original on March 25, 2018 ; accessed on September 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Historical Background. In: lancaster.ne.gov , accessed September 21, 2019.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing. United States Census Bureau, accessed September 21, 2019.
- ^ Economic Development. In: lancaster.ne.gov , accessed September 21, 2019.
- ^ Education. In: lancaster.ne.gov , accessed September 21, 2019.