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Wikipedia - Omaha, Nebraska
| City of Omaha | |||
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| Nickname(s): Gateway to the West | |||
| Motto: Fortiter in Re (Latin) "Courageously in every enterprise" |
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | Nebraska | ||
| County | Douglas | ||
| Founded | 1854 | ||
| Incorporated | 1857 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Michael Fahey (D) | ||
| - City Clerk | Buster Brown | ||
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| Area | |||
| - City | 118.9 sq mi (307.9 km²) | ||
| - Land | 115.7 sq mi (299.7 km²) | ||
| - Water | 3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²) | ||
| Elevation | 1,090 ft (332 m) | ||
| Population (2000) | |||
| - City | 390,007 (432,921: 2,008 estimate) | ||
| - Density | 3,370.7/sq mi (1,301.5/km²) | ||
| - Urban | 767,041 | ||
| - Metro | 829,890 | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| ZIP codes | 68022, 68101-68164 | ||
| Area code(s) | 402 | ||
| FIPS code | 31-37000[1] | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0835483[2] | ||
| Website: www.ci.omaha.ne.us | |||
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County.[3] It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles (30 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, with Council Bluffs, Iowa sitting adjacent to Omaha across the Missouri River. According to the 2008 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, Omaha's population was 432,921. The city and its suburbs formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2000, with an estimated population of 829,890 residing in eight counties or about 1.2 million within a 50 mile (80 km) radius.[4] [5]
The city grew on the Missouri River, with the first settlement extending from the Lone Tree Ferry crossing from Kanesville, Iowa in the early 1850s.[6] Omaha earned its nickname, the "Gateway to the West", because of its central location as a transportation hub for the United States in the mid-1800s.[7] Along with transportation and jobbing, early industries that were important to the city through the mid-20th century were its railroads, breweries, stockyards and meatpacking plants.
Today the economy of Omaha is diverse and built on the knowledge economy. The city is the home to five Fortune 500 companies: ConAgra Foods; Union Pacific Corporation; Peter Kiewit and Sons, Inc.; Mutual of Omaha Companies; and Berkshire Hathaway, the investment vehicle of legendary investor and so-called "Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett. In 2001 Newsweek identified Omaha as one of the Top 10 high-tech havens in the nation.[8] Six national fiber optic networks converge in Omaha.[9] The Gallup Organization, TD Ameritrade, PayPal and LinkedIn all have major operations or headquarters in Omaha. The city also is the home to three of the top 30 architectural and engineering firms in the world: Leo A. Daly Co., HDR, Inc. and DLR Group.[10] Tourism in Omaha benefits the city's economy greatly, with the annual College World Series providing important revenue[11] and the city's Henry Doorly Zoo serving as the top attraction in Nebraska.[12]
The rich cultural background of Omaha includes the Joslyn Art Museum, the Durham Museum, the Holland Performing Arts Center, and the Omaha Community Playhouse, the country's largest. The city's historical and cultural attractions have been lauded by numerous national newspapers, including the Boston Globe[13] and The New York Times.[14] Music in Omaha has always been important to the city, with North Omaha's music scene being historically significant and in modern times, the "Omaha Sound" defining an important trend across the nation.[15] In 2008 Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked Omaha the No. 3 best city in the United States to "live, work and play."[16]
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[edit] History
- See also: History of North Omaha, Nebraska
Since the 1600s, the Omaha, Pawnee, Otoe, the Missouri, the Ponca and Ioway all variously occupied the land that became Omaha. The word "Omaha" (actually UmoNhoN or UmaNhaN) means "Dwellers on the bluff".[17]
The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed by the riverbanks that would later become the city of Omaha in 1804, and met on Council Bluff at a point about 20 miles (30 km) north of present-day Omaha, at which point they met with the Otoe.[18] Immediately south of that area several outposts were built in succeeding years, including Fort Lisa in 1806;[19] Fort Atkinson in 1819;[20] and Cabanne's Trading Post, built in 1822.[21] The Mormons built a town called Cutler's Park in the area in 1846.[22]
[edit] Pioneer Omaha
Before it was legal to claim land in Indian Country, William D. Brown was operating the Lone Tree Ferry to bring settlers from Council Bluffs to the area that became Omaha. Brown is generally credited as having the first vision for a city where Omaha now sits.[6] The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 was presaged by the staking out of claims around the area that was to become Omaha by residents from neighboring