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31-11020. GNIS feature ID. 2393659 [2] Website. cozadnebraska.net. Cozad is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,977 at the 2010 census. The town is on the Great Plains of central Nebraska, along the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Route 30, just north of the Platte River.
Cozad Downtown Historic District. / 40.8596; -99.9859. The Cozad Downtown Historic District in Cozad, Nebraska is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [1] [2] [3] The Hendee Hotel in Cozad, built in 1879 for John J. Cozad, the founder of the city of Cozad, is not included in the district (in ...
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 24,111. [1] Its county seat is Lexington. [2] Dawson County is part of the Lexington, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area . In the Nebraska license plate system, Dawson County is represented by the prefix 18 (it had the 18th-largest ...
United States Part of the border between Texas and Oklahoma is defined by the 100th meridian west Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad gather on the meridian in the Nebraska Territory at what is now Cozad, Nebraska, in 1866 Sign marking the 100th meridian in Cozad, Nebraska; photograph taken 138 years after the preceding photograph in October 2004
The geology of Nebraska is part of the broader geology of the Great Plains of the central United States. Nebraska's landscape is dominated by surface features, soil and aquifers in loosely compacted sediments, with areas of the state where thick layers of sedimentary rock outcrop. Nebraska's sediments and sedimentary rocks lie atop a basement ...
Blackbird (1855-1888) Formed from Burt County and dissolved to Thurston County. Loup (1855-1856) Formed from Burt and Un-Organized and then dissolved Madison, Monroe and Platte Counties. Jones (1856-1866) Formed from unorganized territory and dissolved into Jefferson County. Grant, Harrison, Jackson, Lynn, Monroe and Taylor counties listed in ...
88000951 [1] Added to NRHP. September 28, 1988. Allen's Opera House is a historic commercial building in Cozad, Nebraska. It was built by Charles Hart and Mr. Shanholt in 1906 for Charles E. Allen, a businessman and banker who co-owned the Cozad State Bank and the Allen General Store. [2] Both businesses were located on the first floor. [2]
During the 1870s to the 1880s, Nebraska experienced a large growth in population. Several factors contributed to attracting new residents. The first was that the vast prairie land was perfect for cattle grazing. This helped settlers to learn the unfamiliar geography of the area. The second factor was the invention of several farming technologies.