Meadow | |
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 Heron Bay on the Platte River, May 2017 | |
  Meadow Location within the state of Nebraska  Meadow Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′58″N96°09′24″W / 41.01611°N 96.15667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Sarpy |
| Elevation | 1,017 ft (310 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 68059 |
| GNIS feature ID | 831172 |
Meadow is an Unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. [1]
Meadow was established on the railroad [2] on the site of what was a meadow, hence the name. [3] A post office in Meadow operated from 1894 until 1953. [4]
Sarpy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 190,604, making it the third-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Papillion.
Bellevue is a suburban city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, and had a population of 64,176 as of the 2020 Census, making it the third-largest city in Nebraska, behind Omaha and Lincoln, and the second largest city in the U.S. named "Bellevue," behind Bellevue, Washington.
Chalco is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States, and an adjacent suburb of Omaha, with La Vista located to the southeast. The population was 11,064 at the 2020 census.
La Vista is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 16,746 at the 2020 census. The city was incorporated on February 23, 1960.
Papillion is a city in and the county seat of Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The city developed in the 1870s as a railroad town and suburb of Omaha. The city is part of the larger five-county metro area of Omaha. Papillion's population was 24,159 at the 2020 census. Its growth since the late 20th century has reflected Omaha's.
Springfield is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,501 at the 2020 census.
The Omaha metropolitan area, officially known as the Omaha–Council Bluffs, NE–IA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), is an urbanized region in Nebraska and Iowa in the American Midwest, centered on the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The region consists of eight counties, and extends over a large area on both sides of the Missouri River. Covering 4,407 square miles (11,410 km2) and with a population of 967,604 (2020), the Omaha metropolitan area is the most populous in both Nebraska and Iowa, and is the 58th most populous MSA in the United States. The 2003 revision to metropolitan area definitions was accompanied by the creation of micropolitan areas and combined statistical areas. Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, was designated a micropolitan area. The Omaha–Council Bluffs–Fremont Combined Statistical Area has a population of 1,058,125 . Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha.
Nebraska Highway 370 (N-370) is an east–west state highway in Nebraska that is 15.98 miles (25.72 km) in length. It begins at U.S. Route 6 and Nebraska Highway 31 in Gretna, Nebraska and ends at the U.S. Route 75 interchange in Bellevue, Nebraska. It is the main east–west road in Sarpy County, Nebraska, which serves the southern Omaha suburbs. It is known as the Strategic Air Command Memorial Highway.
Fontenelle's Post, first known as Pilcher's Post, and the site of the later city of Bellevue, was built in 1822 in the Nebraska Territory by Joshua Pilcher, then president of the Missouri Fur Company. Located on the west side of the Missouri River, it developed as one of the first European-American settlements in Nebraska. The Post served as a center for trading with local Omaha, Otoe, Missouri, and Pawnee tribes.
The neighborhoods of Omaha are a diverse collection of community areas and specific enclaves. They are spread throughout the Omaha metro area, and are all on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River.
Peter Abadie Sarpy (1805–1865) was the French-American owner and operator of several fur trading posts, essential to the development of the Nebraska Territory, and a thriving ferry business. A prominent businessman, he helped lay out the towns of Bellevue and Decatur, Nebraska. Nebraska's legislature named Sarpy County after him in honor of his service to the state.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Werner Park is a minor league ballpark located just west of Papillion, Nebraska, a suburb in Sarpy County southwest of Omaha. Opened in 2011, it is owned by Sarpy County. It is the home of the Omaha Storm Chasers and USL League One professional soccer club Union Omaha. The Omaha Mavericks of the University of Nebraska Omaha also use the stadium for some home college baseball games.
La Platte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Richfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Avery is an Unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Gilmore is an unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Melia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Portal is an unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States.
Rick Holdcroft is a member of the Nebraska Legislature for District 36 from Bellevue, Nebraska. He was elected to the Nebraska Legislature on November 8, 2022. Holdcroft is the first senator to serve District 36 since it was relocated to Sarpy County after the Nebraska Legislature's 2021 redistricting. Holdcroft served in the United States Navy for 28 years.
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