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Migrating sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) depart their overnight roosting area in the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, at dawn (2015).

Nebraska (/nəˈbræskə/ ^ⓘ nə-BRASS-kə) is a triple-landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Wyoming to the west; Colorado to the southwest; Kansas to the south; and Missouri to the southeast and Iowa to the east, both across the Missouri River. Nebraska is the 16th-largest state by land area, with just over 77,347 square miles (200,330 km²). As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,961,504, and was estimated to be 2,018,006 in 2025, it is the 38th-most populous state and the eighth-least densely populated. Nebraska's capital is Lincoln, and its most populous city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.

Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected without any official reference to political party affiliation. Nebraska is one of only two states (Maine being the other) that divide electoral college votes by district, and is not winner-take-all state-wide.

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains region, occupying most of western Nebraska, is characterized by treeless prairie. Eastern Nebraska has a humid continental climate while western Nebraska is primarily semi-arid. The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures; the variations decrease in southern Nebraska. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, and sometimes in autumn. The Chinook wind tends to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring. (Full article...)

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Historical marker in Guide Rock commemorating the village and Pike's visit

The Pike-Pawnee Village Site, or Hill Farm Site, designated 25WT1 by archaeologists, is a site near the village of Guide Rock in Webster County, in the south central portion of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. It was the location of a village of the Kitkehahki band of the Pawnee people, in a region of the Republican River valley that they occupied intermittently from the 1770s to the 1820s.

In 1806, the village was visited by a Spanish expedition led by Lieutenant Facundo Melgares and, soon after, by an American expedition led by Lieutenant Zebulon Pike. At the village, Pike persuaded the Pawnee leaders to haul down a Spanish flag that they had received from Melgares, and to raise the flag of the United States in its stead. (Full article...)

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William George Rumler (March 27, 1891 – May 26, 1966), known as James Rumler during the 1918 season, and Red Moore during the 1921 season, was an American professional baseball player, whose career spanned 19 seasons, three of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Browns (1914, 1916–17). He played catcher, and outfielder. Over his major league career, Rumler compiled a combined batting average of .251 with 15 runs scored, 43 hits, seven doubles, four triples, one home run, and 32 runs batted in (RBIs) in 139 games played. After making his MLB debut in 1914, he spent the next season in the minor leagues. He returned to the majors in 1916, and again for a final time in 1917.

After his MLB career was over, Rumler joined the minor league Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). In 1920, during his second season with the team, Rumler was given a five-year suspension from the PCL after being accused of throwing games for gamblers. He played with several outlaw leagues after he was suspended. He returned to the PCL in 1929 as a member of the Hollywood Stars. In 1932, he was hired as a player-manager for the Lincoln Links. He has a combined career minor league batting average of .342 with 1,037 hits in 826 games played. Rumler batted and threw right-handed. During his career, he stood at 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm), and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg). (Full article...)

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Image 1A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 2Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 3Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 4Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 5The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)

Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

60–70%

(from Nebraska)

Image 7The Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln (from Nebraska)
Image 8Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 9Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from Nebraska)
Image 10Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 11Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 12A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 13Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 14Omaha, Nebraska's largest city (from Nebraska)
Image 15Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888 (from Nebraska)
Image 16A map of Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 17A cropduster in agrarian Nebraska, far west of Omaha (from Nebraska)
Image 181859 map of route from Sioux City, Iowa, through Nebraska, to gold fields of Wyoming, partially following old Mormon trails. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 19Köppen climate types of Nebraska, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Nebraska)
Image 20Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 21Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1888 (from Nebraska)
Image 22Nebraska in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate area of the future state highlighted (from Nebraska)
Image 23Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 24"Crow Dog", a Brulé Native American in 1898. (from History of Nebraska)
Image 25Winter at Scotts Bluff National Monument (from Nebraska)
Image 26Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 27The Oglala National Grassland near Chadron, Nebraska (from History of Nebraska)
Image 28Nebraska National Forest (from Nebraska)
Image 29Map of counties in Nebraska by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    40–50%
    50–60%
    60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%
    90%+
  Native American
    60–70%
(from Nebraska)
Image 30A Dinohippus fossil horse from the late Pliocene found at Ashfall State Historical Park near Royal (from History of Nebraska)
Image 31Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 32Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Nebraska)
Image 33Ethnic origins in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 34Football game at the University of Nebraska on September 6, 2008 (from Nebraska)
Image 35A land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872 (from History of Nebraska)
Image 36Nebraska grain bins and elevator (from Nebraska)
Image 37Wagon train headed to California (from History of Nebraska)
Image 38Population density in Nebraska (from Nebraska)
Image 39Lincoln, Nebraska's capital city (from Nebraska)

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... that a Nebraska radio station chartered an aircraft to search for motorists stranded after a blizzard?
... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?
... that Kimball County, Nebraska, was named after railroad executive Thomas Lord Kimball?
... that "End Zone" Jones ran for a career high in his final regular season game with Nebraska to finish third in the school's history in career rushing yards?
... that the Elmwood Tower may have once been the tallest building in Omaha?
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?

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2014 Rank	City	2016 Estimate^[1]	2010 Census^[2]	Change	County
1	Omaha	446,970	408,958	+9.29%	Douglas
2	Lincoln	280,364	258,379	+8.51%	Lancaster
3	Bellevue	53,505	50,137	+6.72%	Sarpy
4	Grand Island	51,517	48,520	+6.18%	Hall
5	Kearney	33,520	30,787	+8.88%	Buffalo
6	Fremont	26,519	26,397	+0.46%	Dodge
7	Hastings	24,991	24,907	+0.34%	Adams
8	North Platte	24,110	24,733	−2.52%	Lincoln
9	Norfolk	24,348	24,210	+0.57%	Madison
10	Columbus	22,851	22,111	+3.35%	Platte
11	Papillion	19,597	18,894	+3.72%	Sarpy
12	La Vista	17,143	15,758	+8.79%	Sarpy
13	Scottsbluff	14,883	15,039	−1.04%	Scotts Bluff
14	South Sioux City	13,120	13,353	−1.74%	Dakota
15	Beatrice	12,362	12,459	−0.78%	Gage

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See List of cities in Nebraska for a full list.

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