Wahoo (Nebraska)
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 Location in county and state
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nebraska |
| County : | Saunders County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 13 ′ N , 96 ° 37 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,942 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 716.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 369 m |
| Postal code : | 68066 |
| Area code : | +1 402 |
| FIPS : | 31-50965 |
| GNIS ID : | 0834421 |
| Website : | www.wahoo.ne.us |
| Mayor : | Daryl Reitmajer |
 Saunders County Courthouse |
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Wahoo is a city in Saunders County in the US state of Nebraska and the seat of the county seat .
geography
Wahoo is almost centrally located in the county on US Highway 77 , which runs from Sioux City in Iowa to Brownsville in Texas , almost in the far east of Nevada and is approximately 63 km to the west from Omaha .
sons and daughters of the town
- Howard Hanson (1896–1981), pianist, conductor and composer
- Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), producer, writer and director
- Sam Crawford (1880-1968), baseball player
- George Wells Beadle (1903-1989), biologist