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Nebraska
Nebraska is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha.
Once considered part of the Great American Desert (actually a very agriculturally productive prairie land), Nebraska is now a leading farming and ranching state.
The state is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. The state has 93 counties; it occupies the central portion of the Frontier Strip. Nebraska is split into two time zones. The Central Time zone comprises the eastern half of the state, while the western half observes Mountain Time. Three rivers cross the state from west to east. The Platte River runs through the heart, the Niobrara River flows through the northern part of the state's region, and the Republican River traverses through the southern part of the state.
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The easternmost portion of the state was scoured by Ice Age glaciers; the Dissected Till Plains were left behind after the glaciers retreated. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills; Omaha and Lincoln are located within this region. The Great Plains occupy the majority of western Nebraska. The Great Plains itself consists of several smaller, diverse land regions, including the Sandhills, the Pine Ridge, the Rainwater Basin, the High Plains and the Wildcat Hills. Panorama Point, at 5,424 feet (1,653 m), is the highest point in Nebraska; despite its name and elevation, it is merely a low rise near the Colorado and Wyoming borders.
A past Nebraska tourism slogan was "Where the West Begins"; locations given for the beginning of the "West" include the Missouri River, the intersection of 13th and O Streets in Lincoln (where it is marked by a red brick star), the 100th meridian, and Chimney Rock. Nebraska is in fact a triply landlocked state, as it does not border the ocean, nor do any of the states it borders, nor any that they border on.
Once considered part of the Great American Desert (actually a very agriculturally productive prairie land), Nebraska is now a leading farming and ranching state.
The state is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. The state has 93 counties; it occupies the central portion of the Frontier Strip. Nebraska is split into two time zones. The Central Time zone comprises the eastern half of the state, while the western half observes Mountain Time. Three rivers cross the state from west to east. The Platte River runs through the heart, the Niobrara River flows through the northern part of the state's region, and the Republican River traverses through the southern part of the state.
Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The easternmost portion of the state was scoured by Ice Age glaciers; the Dissected Till Plains were left behind after the glaciers retreated. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills; Omaha and Lincoln are located within this region. The Great Plains occupy the majority of western Nebraska. The Great Plains itself consists of several smaller, diverse land regions, including the Sandhills, the Pine Ridge, the Rainwater Basin, the High Plains and the Wildcat Hills. Panorama Point, at 5,424 feet (1,653 m), is the highest point in Nebraska; despite its name and elevation, it is merely a low rise near the Colorado and Wyoming borders.
A past Nebraska tourism slogan was "Where the West Begins"; locations given for the beginning of the "West" include the Missouri River, the intersection of 13th and O Streets in Lincoln (where it is marked by a red brick star), the 100th meridian, and Chimney Rock. Nebraska is in fact a triply landlocked state, as it does not border the ocean, nor do any of the states it borders, nor any that they border on.
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Nebraska Cities
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Abie, Adams, Ainsworth, Albion, Alda, Alexandria, Allen, Alliance, Alma, Alvo, Amelia, Ames, Amherst, Angora, Anselmo, Ansley, Arapahoe, Arcadia, Archer, Arlington, Arnold, Arthur, Ashby, Ashland, Ashton, Atkinson, Atlanta, Auburn, Aurora, Avoca, Axtell, Ayr
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Bancroft, Barneston, Bartlett, Bartley, Bassett, Battle Creek, Bayard, Beatrice, Beaver City, Beaver Crossing, Bee, Beemer, Belden, Belgrade, Bellevue, Bellwood, Belvidere, Benedict, Benkelman, Bennet, Bennington, Bertrand, Berwyn, Big Springs, Bingham, Bladen, Blair, Bloomfield, Bloomington, Blue Hill, Blue Springs, Boelus, Boys Town, Bradshaw, Brady, Brainard, Brewster, Bridgeport, Bristow, Broadwater, Brock, Broken Bow, Brownville, Brule, Bruning, Bruno, Brunswick, Burchard, Burr, Burwell, Bushnell, Butte, Byron
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Cairo, Callaway, Cambridge, Campbell, Carleton, Carroll, Cedar Bluffs, Cedar Creek, Cedar Rapids, Center, Central City, Ceresco, Chadron, Chambers, Champion, Chapman, Chappell, Chester, Clarks, Clarkson, Clatonia, Clay Center, Clearwater, Cody, Coleridge, Colon, Columbus, Comstock, Concord, Cook, Cordova, Cortland, Cozad, Crab Orchard, Craig, Crawford, Creighton, Creston, Crete, Crofton, Crookston, Culbertson, Curtis
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Dakota City, Dalton, Danbury, Dannebrog, Davenport, Davey, David City, Dawson, Daykin, De Witt, Decatur, Denton, Deshler, Deweese, Dickens, Diller, Dix, Dixon, Dodge, Doniphan, Dorchester, Douglas, Du Bois, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunning, Dwight
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Eagle, Eddyville, Edgar, Edison, Elba, Elgin, Elk Creek, Elkhorn, Ellsworth, Elm Creek, Elmwood, Elsie, Elsmere, Elwood, Elyria, Emerson, Emmet, Enders, Endicott, Ericson, Eustis, Ewing, Exeter
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Fairbury, Fairfield, Fairmont, Falls City, Farnam, Farwell, Filley, Firth, Fordyce, Fort Calhoun, Foster, Franklin, Fremont, Friend, Fullerton, Funk
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Garland, Geneva, Genoa, Gering, Gibbon, Gilead, Giltner, Glenvil, Goehner, Gordon, Gothenburg, Grafton, Grand Island, Grant, Greeley, Greenwood, Gresham, Gretna, Guide Rock, Gurley
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Hadar, Haigler, Hallam, Halsey, Hamlet, Hampton, Hardy, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hartington, Harvard, Hastings, Hay Springs, Hayes Center, Hazard, Heartwell, Hebron, Hemingford, Henderson, Hendley, Henry, Herman, Hershey, Hickman, Hildreth, Holbrook, Holdrege, Holstein, Homer, Hooper, Hordville, Hoskins, Howells, Hubbard, Hubbell, Humboldt, Humphrey, Hyannis
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Imperial, Inavale, Indianola, Inland, Inman, Ithaca
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Jackson, Jansen, Johnson, Johnstown, Juniata
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Kearney, Kenesaw, Kennard, Keystone, Kilgore, Kimball
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La Vista, Lakeside, Laurel, Lawrence, Lebanon, Leigh, Lemoyne, Leshara, Lewellen, Lewiston, Lexington, Liberty, Lincoln, Lindsay, Linwood, Lisco, Litchfield, Lodgepole, Long Pine, Loomis, Lorton, Louisville, Loup City, Lyman, Lynch, Lyons
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Macy, Madison, Madrid, Magnet, Malcolm, Malmo, Manley, Marquette, Marsland, Martell, Maskell, Mason City, Max, Maxwell, Maywood, Mc Cook, Mc Cool Junction, McCook, McGrew, McLean, Mead, Meadow Grove, Melbeta, Memphis, Merna, Merriman, Milford, Miller, Milligan, Mills, Minatare, Minden, Mitchell, Monroe, Moorefield, Morrill, Morse Bluff, Mullen, Murdock, Murray
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Naper, Naponee, Nebraska City, Nehawka, Neligh, Nelson, Nemaha, Nenzel, Newcastle, Newman Grove, Newport, Nickerson, Niobrara, Norfolk, Norman, North Bend, North Loup, North Platte
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Oak, Oakdale, Oakland, Oconto, Odell, Odessa, Offutt A F B, Ogallala, Ohiowa, Omaha, Oneill, Ong, Orchard, Ord, Orleans, Osceola, Oshkosh, Osmond, Otoe, Overton, Oxford
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Page, Palisade, Palmer, Palmyra, Panama, Papillion, Parks, Pawnee City, Paxton, Pender, Peru, Petersburg, Phillips, Pickrell, Pierce, Pilger, Plainview, Platte Center, Plattsmouth, Pleasant Dale, Pleasanton, Plymouth, Polk, Ponca, Potter, Prague, Primrose, Purdum
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Ragan, Randolph, Ravenna, Raymond, Red Cloud, Republican City, Reynolds, Richfield, Rising City, Riverdale, Riverton, Roca, Rockville, Rogers, Rosalie, Rose, Roseland, Royal, Rulo, Rushville, Ruskin
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Salem, Sargent, Saronville, Schuyler, Scotia, Scottsbluff, Scribner, Seneca, Seward, Shelby, Shelton, Shickley, Shubert, Sidney, Silver Creek, Smithfield, Snyder, South Bend, South Sioux City, Spalding, Sparks, Spencer, Sprague, Springfield, Springview, St Columbans, St Edward, St Helena, St Libory, St Paul, St. Paul, Stamford, Stanton, Staplehurst, Stapleton, Steele City, Steinauer, Stella, Sterling, Stockville, Strang, Stratton, Stromsburg, Stuart, Sumner, Superior, Surprise, Sutherland, Sutton, Swanton, Syracuse
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Table Rock, Talmage, Taylor, Tecumseh, Tekamah, Thedford, Thurston, Tilden, Tobias, Trenton, Trumbull, Tryon
U
Uehling, Ulysses, Unadilla, Union, Upland, Utica
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Valentine, Valley, Valparaiso, Venango, Verdigre, Verdon, Virginia
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Waco, Wahoo, Wakefield, Wallace, Walthill, Walton, Washington, Waterbury, Waterloo, Wauneta, Wausa, Waverly, Wayne, Weeping Water, Weissert, Wellfleet, West Point, Western, Westerville, Weston, Whiteclay, Whitman, Whitney, Wilber, Wilcox, Willow Island, Wilsonville, Winnebago, Winnetoon, Winside, Winslow, Wisner, Wolbach, Wood Lake, Wood River, Wymore, Wynot
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