Facts About Lincoln
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Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County.
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The village of Lancaster was renamed with the incorporation of the city of Lincoln on April 1, 1869, after President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president.
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In 1869, the University of Nebraska was established in Lincoln by the state with a land grant of about 130,000 acres.
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The capitol building was designed by Bertram G. Goodhue. The construction ended in 1932. In the United States, Lincoln’s capital earns second place as the tallest capital in the nation.
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Lincoln has a total area of 92.81 square miles, of which 91.45 square miles of it is land and 1.35 square miles is water.
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Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.
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The estimated population of Lincoln is 292,657, as of 2021, making Lincoln the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States.
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Lincoln is nicknamed The Star City.
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Lincoln is often called a Music City due to its emerging music scene after the opening of Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2013.
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Kawasaki is one of Lincoln’s largest private employers with over 2,400 employees, and it has the largest square footage of manufacturing space.
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The NASA Space Shuttle used Lincoln Airport for one of its emergency landing sites, selected mainly because of its 12,901-foot runway.
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The average elevation of Lincoln is 358 m above sea level.
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Lincoln’s economy is fairly typical of a mid-sized American city; most economic activity is derived from the service and manufacturing industries. Government and the University of Nebraska are both large contributors to the local economy.
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Lincoln is in two metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau. The Lincoln Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of Lancaster County and Seward County.
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Guinness World Records documents Lincoln in Nebraska as being the site where the tallest structure was built with miniature Lincoln Logs at 12 feet 4 inches on April 13, 2013.
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Lincoln has an extensive park system, with over 125 individual parks. The parks are connected by a 133 mi system of recreational trails.
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In the 1970s, the United States Department of Nebraska designated Lincoln as a refugee-friendly city. it has been a home for the refugees of Yazidi, Sudanese, Karen and Vietnamese.
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Lincoln is a regional centre of government, commerce, finance, arts, education, and health care.
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as of 2020, The average household size in Lincoln was 2.38.
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Lincoln hosts a number of annual events, including the Lancaster County Fair, Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration, Lincoln Calling and among others.