Holdrege
| Holdredge | |
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| Nickname : Magic City of the West | |
 Location in Nebraska
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1883 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Phelps County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 26 ′ N , 99 ° 23 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,636 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 581 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.8 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.7 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 710 m |
| Postal code : | 68949 |
| Area code : | +1 308 |
| FIPS : | 31-22640 |
| GNIS ID : | 0830051 |
| Website : | www.holdrege.org |
| Mayor : | Mark Rona |
 Phelps County Courthouse |
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Holdrege is a city and the seat of the county seat of Phelps County in the US state of Nebraska .
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2000 Holdrege has 5,636 inhabitants, of which 2,706 are men and 2,930 women.
location
Holdrege is located in southern Nebraska, about 20 kilometers south of Interstate 80 . It has access to United States Highways 6 , 34, and 183 .
history
Holdrege was founded in October 1883 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (B & MRR) (owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad since 1872 ) moved its tracks west through Nebraska. This offered settlers free land seven kilometers south of the then County Seats Phelps Center and the settlers, who knew that a rail link could determine the success and failure of a new settlement in this early period, relocated the city and poured into the newly founded Holdrege in large numbers . It was named after George W. Holdrege, then general manager of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company . The first train reached the city on December 10, 1883 and it was incorporated on February 14, 1884. In just three years it had a population of over 2,000. This considerable growth earned it the nickname Magic City of the West . Holdrege finally became the county seat on November 11, 1884. The town hall, built in 1916, became a meeting place for renowned artists in southern Nebraska and northern Kansas despite the relatively small size of the city. Holdrege's prosperity fluctuated with the volatile weather conditions. It was only with the establishment of the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District in 1941 that the energy supply and the irrigation of the fields were ensured. Agriculture is still the leading industry in Holdrege today.
sons and daughters of the town
- Gary Anderson , marksman and two-time Olympic champion
- Harry Schmidt General
Individual evidence
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