Scottsbluff
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 Location in Nebraska
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1900 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Scotts Bluff County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 52 ′ N , 103 ° 40 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 15,039 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 989.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.4 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.2 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1186 m |
| Postcodes : | 69361, 69363 |
| Area code : | +1 308 |
| FIPS : | 31-44245 |
| GNIS ID : | 0833318 |
| Website : | www.scottsbluff.org |
| Mayor : | Randy Meininger |
Scottsbluff is located in the US state of Nebraska and is the largest city in Scotts Bluff County .
location
Scottsbluff is located on the North Platte River and has access to US Highway 26 . The city and the entire region is best known for the Scotts Bluff National Monument .
history
The city is named after Hiram Scott, a trapper who died in 1828 in what is now the county. There are a number of “bluffs” (in German, for example; “cliff” or “rock”), from which the name Scottsbluff emerged. In February 1900 - the year Scottsbluff was officially founded - the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) reached the city and a train depot was built, although passenger traffic was discontinued in 1969. The arrival of the railroad also caused the village to develop more rapidly. The first weekly newspaper, The Scotts Bluff County Republican , appeared in 1900 , followed by the Herald (1901). In 1912, this star became the Scottsbluff Daily Star Herald . In 1904, the construction of the Big Laramie and Tri-State Irrigation Canals brought many workers to the area, which also boosted trade. In 1910 the sugar industry moved to Scottsbluff when the Great Western Sugar Company opened a factory in Scottsbluff. In the same year it was decided to build an opera house and in 1914 the Star Movie Theater opened . The first paved road was completed in 1920. The US Air Force built Western Nebraska Regional Airport (also known under the name William B. Heilig Field ) about 5 km east of the city from 1942 to 1943 . After the city bought the airport from the Army in 1947, the airport was operated by the county from 1970 to 1999. The Scotts Bluff County Airport Authority has been the airport operator since 2003 .
Demographics
Scottsbluff had 15,039 residents according to the 2010 United States Census .
Personalities
- Hugh H. Genoways (* 1940), mammal logist, systems biologist and university professor
Web links
- Scotts Bluff National Monument on the National Park Service website
- Twin Cities Development Association Inc.