Tekamah
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 Downtown Tekamah |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | October 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Burt County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 47 ′ N , 96 ° 13 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,736 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 419.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.18 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.14 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 320 m |
| Postal code : | 68061 |
| Area code : | +1 402 |
| FIPS : | 31-48515 |
| GNIS ID : | 0834058 |
| Website : | tekamah.net |
| Mayor : | Ronald Grass |
 Burt County Courthouse |
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Tekamah is a small town ( city ) in Burt County in the state of Nebraska in the United States . The city is located about 60 kilometers northwest of Omaha and had a total of 1736 inhabitants at the last census in 2010 . Tekamah is the county seat of Burt County.
history
The city of Tekamah was founded in October 1854 by Benjamin R. Folsom and eight other men who were supposed to establish a settlement in "livable area" from Omaha. On March 14, 1855, the settlement was incorporated as a city . The name Tekamah was chosen by drawing lots from various proposals. It probably comes from the Omaha language and means "big poplar ". There are other, more improbable theories about the origin of the name, according to which the place name means "bloody battlefield".
Shortly after it was founded, the construction of the city began. Tekamah also received a wooden courthouse in 1855 , at which time there were also several shops, a hotel and a United States Postal Service office in the city. In 1855 both the first birth and the first death occurred in Tekamah. A regional daily newspaper was introduced in the city in 1856, and the first school opened a year later. Tekamah experienced strong growth from the 1870s. The establishment of further companies led to an increase in the population of the predominantly agricultural city. In 1870 the first church, the Presbyterian First Church, was built in Tekamah, followed by other churches, a new school building and several banks by 1873.
In 1876 the route of the Chicago & North Western Railroad to Tekamah was extended and opened on August 30, 1876. In 1884 the city received a theater in which a large part of the social life in Tekamah took place. The theater was destroyed by a tornado on June 1, 1904 and was not rebuilt afterwards. In 1886 a mill and a canning factory were built, the latter was closed again two years later. In the United States Census 1940 , Tekamah reached its highest level to date with a population of 1925, after which the population remained largely constant.
population
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 122 | - | |
| 1880 | 776 | 536.1% | |
| 1890 | 1244 | 60.3% | |
| 1900 | 1597 | 28.4% | |
| 1910 | 1524 | -4.6% | |
| 1920 | 1811 | 18.8% | |
| 1930 | 1804 | -0.4% | |
| 1940 | 1925 | 6.7% | |
| 1950 | 1914 | -0.6% | |
| 1960 | 1788 | -6.6% | |
| 1970 | 1848 | 3.4% | |
| 1980 | 1886 | 2.1% | |
| 1990 | 1852 | -1.8% | |
| 2000 | 1892 | 2.2% | |
| 2010 | 1736 | -8.2% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
2010 Census
At the 2010 census, Tekamah had 1,736 inhabitants, spread over 715 households and 478 families. The local population was 96.8% White , 0.5% African American , 1.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 1.5% of the population were multi-ethnic. 1.8% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos . In terms of age, 24.5% of the population were under 18 years old, 5.8% were between 18 and 24, 20.9% between 25 and 44, 25.8% between 45 and 64 and 22.9% were older than 65 years . The median age was 44.1 years. There were children under the age of 18 in 27.4% of households and there were persons over 65 in 16.8% of households. 47.2% of the population were male and 52.8% female.
Census 2000
At the 2000 census , Tekamah had 1,892 residents, spread across 778 households and 522 families. 99.05% of the population were white, 0.11% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.05% Asian, and 0.32% were multi-ethnic. Hispanics or Lations made up 0.79% of the total population.
The average income per household was 35,708 in the city at this time the US dollar , the average income for a family was 41,688 US dollars. 7.8% of the population lived below the poverty line , of which 10.8% were under 18 and 10.0% over 65 years old.
Economy and Infrastructure
The region around Tekamah is particularly characterized by agriculture.
The city is on US Highway 75 , which crosses Tekamah in a north-south direction and connects it with Omaha and Sioux City . Nebraska Highway 32 also runs west from Tekamah . Tekamah Municipal Airport is located southeast of the city . The local school district has an elementary school (K-6) and a high school (7-12), and 548 students are enrolled in the school district in the 2019/20 school year.
Attractions
In Tekamah, a total of nine buildings are listed as monuments on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
- The Edward W. and Rose Folsom Bryant House was built around 1875 as a residence by Edward W. Bryant. It was included in the NRHP on August 5, 2004
- The Burt County Courthouse is the administrative seat of Burt County and the seat of the District Court. It was built in 1916 in place of the original Burt County Courthouse in the Beaux Arts style of architecture . The building has been listed in the NRHP since January 10, 1990.
- The Burt County State Bank was built in 1884 as the city's first bank building. It is a two-story building, with the bank on the ground floor and law firms on the upper floor. Burt County State Bank was admitted to the NRHP on March 4, 2009.
- The EC Houston House is a two-story building in the Classical Revival style that was built between 1904 and 1905 as a residential building. Since 1985 the Burt County Museum has been located in the house. It has been listed in the NRHP since March 13, 1986.
- The Spielman House was built in 1906 as the retirement home of the farmer HSM Spielman and was admitted to the NRHP on July 17, 1986.
- The John Henry Stork Log House was built as a log house in 1865 and is considered the oldest surviving building in Tekamah. It was included in the NRHP on May 29, 1980 as the city's first building.
- The Tekamah Auditorium was built between 1936 and 1938 and added to the NRHP on March 5, 2018.
- The local Carnegie library building was constructed in 1912 and has been listed on the NRHP since March 15, 2005.
- The Tekamah City Bridge was built in 1934 as a bridge over Tekamah Creek as part of the construction of US Highway 75 . It was admitted to the NRHP on June 29, 1992.
Bryant House
Burt County State Bank
EC Houston House
Spielman House
Tekamah Carnegie Library
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Personalities
Sons of the place
- Hoot Gibson (1892–1962), rodeo rider and film actor
People who worked on site
- James P. Latta (1844–1911), politician, worked as a teacher in Tekamah
- Melville R. Hopewell (1845-1911), politician and lieutenant governor of Nebraska, practiced as a lawyer in Tekamah
- Willis G. Sears (1860–1949), politician, practiced law in Tekamah
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of Tekamah. In: tekamah.net , accessed on September 22, 2019.
- ^ Bette Storck: Our towns in Nebraska. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on September 22, 2019 .
- ^ Census of Population and Housing. United States Census Bureau, accessed September 22, 2019.
- ^ Tekamah Public Schools. In: publicschoolreview.com , accessed September 22, 2019.