State of the USA (200,350 km 2 with 1,783,432 inhabitants in 2008), so called from the Indian name of the river Platte running through it; capital Lincoln. Except along the Missouri, the boundaries, artificial, are for the most part marked by parallels and meridians. Includes the region from the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains (Black Hills, 2176 m) descends as far as Missouri (at an altitude of 3-400 m asl). Notable centers, beyond the capital, are Omaha, Grand Island, North Platte. According to abbreviationfinder, the state of Nebraska has an eminently agricultural-zootechnical production profile, with extensive and mechanized crops. Mineral resources are represented by modest oil fields; chemical and mechanical industries are also active.
The region, sold by the France to Spain in 1763, returned to France in 1801, sold by Napoleon I to the United States in 1803 (Louisiana Purchase), entered the Union as a territory on May 30, 1854, under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and as a state on March 1, 1876.
Population
The state’s population has risen from 28,841 residents in 1860 to 452,402 in 1880, to 1,066,300 in 1900, to 1,192,214 in 1910, to 1,296,372 in 1920, to 1,377,963 in 1930. It is very unevenly distributed. In contrast to the average value of 7 residents per sq. km. are the south-eastern counties with very high values (maximum of 280 inhabitants per sq. km. for the county of Douglas, with the great center of Omaha), while the western counties have a density lower than the average of the state. In the decade 1920-1930 as many as 43 counties experienced a decrease in population. The absolute majority of the population is given by Whites (98.2%); the color element is scarce, equal to 1.8%. In 1930, 8.5% of the white population was born abroad (115,346 individuals, mostly Germans, Swedes, Czechoslovakians, Russians, Italians, etc., for about a third concentrated in the Douglas area alone). The urban population has modest values, but is rapidly increasing (26.1% in 1910; 35.3% in 1930). Only eight centers exceeded 10,000 residents in 1930: Beatrice, in the south-eastern section of the state (pop. 10,297); Norfolk, on the Elkhorn River (pop. 10,717); Fremont, on the lower course of the Platte (11,407 residents); North Platte, at the confluence of the North and South Platte rivers (12,061 residents); Hastings, an important railway center (15,490 residents); Grand Island (18,041 residents); Lincoln (75,933 residents), Capital of the state and Omaha (214,000 residents), The largest center in Nebraska. in the south-eastern section of the state (10,297 residents); Norfolk, on the Elkhorn River (pop. 10,717); Fremont, on the lower course of the Platte (11,407 residents); North Platte, at the confluence of the North and South Platte rivers (12,061 residents); Hastings, an important railway center (15,490 residents); Grand Island (18,041 residents); Lincoln (75,933 residents), Capital of the state and Omaha (214,000 residents), The largest center in Nebraska. in the south-eastern section of the state (10,297 residents); Norfolk, on the Elkhorn River (pop. 10,717); Fremont, on the lower course of the Platte (11,407 residents); North Platte, at the confluence of the North and South Platte rivers (12,061 residents); Hastings, an important railway center (15,490 residents); Grand Island (18,041 residents); Lincoln (75,933 residents), Capital of the state and Omaha (214,000 residents), The largest center in Nebraska.
According to countryaah, Nebraska has the following main cities:
Lincoln
City of England (88,800 residents In 2008), in the county of the same name, located at the extreme north of the Fens region, on the river Witham. Its oldest part lies on the sides of a hill and is built in an irregular shape, with steep and narrow streets; the main public buildings, the commercial center and the industries are located in the new part, on the two flat banks of the river. It is an important agricultural market and home to mechanical industries (also linked to agriculture, and also including aeronautical, automotive and engine construction), chemical, wood and leather industries.
Episcopal residence in the early days of Christianity, it was occupied by the Danes (877-941) and by Alfredo the Great. William the Conqueror erected (1068) a fortified castle that constituted (17th century) the key to the possession of eastern England. In the Middle Ages, L. (which received the first municipal charter in 1157) was an industrial center; under Edward III (14th century) the prosperity of industry declined, only to be resurrected in the 19th century.
L. (Lincolnshire) The region, conquered (6th century) by the Angli and the Frisi, was included in the Danish territory (9th century). He did not resist William the Conqueror who divided the properties of the county. It was the scene of wars under King Stephen (1141) and in the struggles between King John and the barons and Louis of France. In the War of the Roses he sided with the Lancastrians.
The first count of Lincoln was probably William de Roumare (1095 ca. – 1155); in 1148, it was invested with the county Gilbert de Gand (d. 1156); Another Gilbert de Ghent was Count in 1216. The title passed to the de Lacy in 1232: John (d. 1240) and Henry (d. 1311), at the service of Edward I. Upon his death the county was inherited by his son-in-law Thomas of Lancaster, then (1349) by Henry Plantagenet then it was incorporated into the Crown of England (1399). The title was later granted to John de la Pole (1467), Henri Brandon (1525) and to Admiral Edward Fiennes Clinton (1572). From 1768, the title became of ‘courtesy’, attributed to the firstborn of the house Newcastle.
