Ogallala, Nebraska
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| Foundation : | 1868 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Keith County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 8 ′ N , 101 ° 43 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 4,737 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 364.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 982 m |
| Postal code : | 69153 |
| Area code : | +1 308 |
| FIPS : | 31-35980 |
| GNIS ID : | 0831832 |
| Website : | www.ogallala-ne.gov |
Ogallala is a city and the county seat of Keith County in the US state of Nebraska .
location
Ogallala is on the north bank of the South Platte River about 10 km south of Lake McConaughy . The next larger town is the small town of North Platte, about 70 km to the east, at the confluence of the North Platte River and South Platte River.
To the south of Ogallala is an exit from Interstate 80 , from which US Highway 26 leads to the west coast . US Highway 30 , which connects the east coast with the west coast, also runs through Ogallala. To the west of the city is Searle Field Airport ( IATA code OGA).
history
In 1867 the railway line built by the Union Pacific Railroad reached what is now Ogallala. At first there was only a simple house with a dining room for travelers, in 1868 a shop and a saloon were opened, and from 1873 there was a post office. The place became a well-known destination of the cattle drive from Texas, here the cattle were loaded onto the railroad. The place was named after the Oglala , a Lakota tribe from the Sioux , whose tribal area was in western Nebraska in the middle of the 19th century. In 1884 Ogallala received the status of a local authority .
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2010 , Ogallala had 4737 inhabitants, of which 2314 were men and 2423 were women. 1116 inhabitants were under 18 years old, 951 over 65.
Trivia
The Ogallala formation was named in 1899 by Nelson Horatio Darton after its type locality near Ogallala. The Ogallala aquifer , one of the world's largest aquifers , which runs in this formation , is also named after the city.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ogallala. In: Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved January 3, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ 2010 Census Interactive Population Search. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 26, 2017 (American English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
