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North Platte was established in 1866 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. [6] It derives its name from the North Platte River. [7] [8]North Platte was the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railway from December 1866 until the next section to Ogallala was opened the following year. [9]
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,676. [2] Its county seat is North Platte. [3] Despite the county's name, the state capital city of Lincoln is not in or near Lincoln County. Lincoln County is one of the three counties in the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Location of Lincoln County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad classification yard.Employees sort, service and repair locomotives and cars headed all across North America. Owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Bailey Yard is located in North Platte, Nebraska.
Nebraska has 93 counties.They are listed below by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix. Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.. When many counties were formed, the bills establishing them did not state the honoree's full name; thus the namesakes of several counties, including Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan, are known only by their surnames.
The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately 716 miles (1,152 km) long, counting its many curves. [4] In a straight line, it travels about 550 miles (890 km), along its course through the U.S. states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park, known as Scout's Rest Ranch, is a living history state park located west of North Platte, Nebraska.The ranch was established in 1878 with an initial purchase of 160 acres south of the Union Pacific tracks by William (Buffalo Bill) Cody.
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