Bethany, Nebraska

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Bethany, Nebraska
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Bethany
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Bethany
Location in the United States
Coordinates: Community 40°49′57″N96°38′00″W / 40.83250°N 96.63333°W / 40.83250; -96.63333
Country United States
State Nebraska
County Lancaster
Incorporated1890
Annexed by Lincoln, Nebraska1922
Elevation
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1,224 ft (373 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68505
Area code 402
FIPS code 31-04720
GNIS feature ID827360 [1]

Bethany is a neighborhood and former town in the northeast region of the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. [1]

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History

In 1889, Nebraska Christian University was established east of University Place, a town east of Lincoln centered around Nebraska Wesleyan University. [2] The town was incorporated as Bethany Heights in 1890 and the college was renamed Cotner College. [2] The town was named after the biblical village of Bethany, Palestine. [3]

Bethany Heights did not enjoy the same success as Lincoln's other satellite communities. [4] In 1920, Bethany Heights reported a population of 1,078. [4] By comparison, University Place and College View, two other suburbs centered around religious colleges, reported populations of over 4,000 and 2,200 respectively. [4] Havelock, a suburb near Bethany, reported 3,600 residents in 1920. [4] Residents of Bethany Heights relied upon Lincoln for most services, including hospitals, lawyers, doctors, train depots, hotels, dry goods, and even cemeteries. [4] Due to this reliance, the town voted to be annexed as Bethany by the city of Lincoln in 1922. [2] However, the annexation did not come into effect until 1926 because its neighbor, University Place, had to be annexed first in order to create contiguous city limits. [2]

Unlike other Lincoln suburbs, such as Havelock, University Place, and College View, very little remains of the original town. [4] Cotner College was demolished in the early 1950s and the land on which it stood was divided into single-family residential lots. [4] The First State Bank of Bethany Heights is one of few landmarks from the original town and is not closely associated with the college or the town's foundation. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bethany, Nebraska
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lincoln Lancaster County". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Virtual Nebraska. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  3. Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 91. ISBN   0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Beattie, James A., House". National Register of Historic Places.