Facts About Kearney
- Kearney was named after Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny.
- The original settlement in the area was called Dobytown, situated 2miles southeast of present-day Kearney, Dobytown was later moved and renamed after the nearby Fort Kearny.
- The city has a total area of 13.00 square miles, of which 12.77 square miles is land and 0.23 square miles is water.
- The city was founded in 1871 at the junction of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
- Kearney is the principal city of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Buffalo and Kearney counties.
- The city operates Kearney Regional Airport, located east of the city.
- Kearney is home to the University of Nebraska.
- Kearney was Established/Incorporated in 1873 and Incorporated as First Class City in 1901.
- The estimated population of Kearney is 33,959, as of 2021.
- Kearney was used as a filming scene for Dexter, season 6, episode 7, in large part because the show’s co-executive producer, Tim Schlattmann, is a 1981 Kearney High School graduate.
