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Omaha Facts
The population
of Omaha is approximately 335,795.
The approximate number of families is 143,612.
The distance from Omaha to Washington DC is 1055 statute miles. The
distance to the Nebraska state capital is 47 statute miles. (Statute
miles are "as the crow flies")
Omaha is positioned 41.26 degrees north of the equator and 96.01 degrees
west of the prime meridian.
Climate
& Weather
Average high temperature is 56 degree F Average Low temperature is 34
degree F
History
Omaha city, Nebraska, U.S., the port of entry and seat of Douglas county.
Omaha is situated in the eastern part of the state and on the west bank
of the Missouri River, opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa. Florence, and
subsequently annexed by Omaha. It was founded in 1854 in an area that
had been visited by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804) on their
exploratory journey to the Pacific coast and where the pioneer fur trader
Manuel Lisa established a trading post during the War of 1812. A Utah-bound
group of Mormons spent the winter of 1846-47 there at an encampment
that they named Winter Quarters, later called
Commerce
& Economy
Omaha was made the capital of the Nebraska, and a few years later President
Abraham Lincoln designated Council Bluffs as the eastern terminus of
the first transcontinental railroad. As the actual starting point (1863)
for the railroad (Union Pacific), Omaha soon became a focal point for
trade and industry and grew rapidly during its early years, although
the capital was moved to Lincoln soon after Nebraska became a state
(1867), but by 1914 the city had started to grow again. Several suburban
communities, including South Omaha, site of the Union Stockyards, were
annexed. Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command,
is at nearby Bellevue.
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