Beatrice, Nebraska Beatrice, Nebraska Gage County Nebraska Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Beatrice Highlighted.svg State Nebraska Beatrice (/bi tr s/ bee-at-r ss) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Gage County, Nebraska.
Beatrice is positioned 40 miles (64 km) south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River.
1.3 Beatrice State Developmental Center Gage County was one of the 19 counties originally established by the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1854.
Louis, Missouri to Nebraska City, Nebraska, ran aground near Kansas City, Missouri.
After reaching Nebraska City, the Association divided itself into two exploratory parties, one of which went directly westward and the other southwest.
The Territorial Legislature chose Beatrice as the governmental center of county of Gage County in 1857.
In 1864, the Legislature dissolved the initial Clay County (not the current Clay County, Nebraska), dividing its territory between Gage and Lancaster Counties.
The addition of this ground in the north placed Beatrice near the center of the enlarged county, strengthening its claim to the county seat. It continues to hold that position today. Just after midnight on that day, Daniel Freeman persuaded a clerk to open the small-town Land Office so that he could file a claim for a homestead positioned 4 miles (6 km) west of Beatrice.
In 1871, the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad constructed a line from Lincoln, Nebraska to Beatrice.
Beatrice State Developmental Center In 1885, the Nebraska council enacted legislation to establish the Institution for Feeble Minded Youth near Beatrice, subject to the city's donating a suitable parcel of land.:303 Beatrice donated 40 acres, positioned 2 miles (3 km) east of the town/city limits, and the first inhabitants were admitted in 1887. In 1945, the institution was retitled the Beatrice State Home. Its resident populace peaked at about 2300 in the late 1960s. From there it declined: new restrictions had been imposed on the use of unpaid workforce by inhabitants of establishments, and there was a nationwide trend toward deinstitutionalization. In 1975, the Horacek v.
Exon lawsuit was settled with a consent decree whereunder many of the inhabitants of the Beatrice State Home were transferred to community-based mental community facilities. In that year, the institution's name was changed to the current Beatrice State Developmental Center. Beatrice is positioned at 40 16 6 N 96 44 35 W (40.268449, -96.743192). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.11 square miles (23.59 km2), of which, 9.02 square miles (23.36 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 12,459 citizens , 5,509 homeholds, and 3,296 families residing in the city.
There were 5,509 homeholds of which 27.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families.
22.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44; 26.8% were from 45 to 64; and 20.4% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,496 citizens , 5,395 homeholds, and 3,301 families residing in the city.
There were 5,395 homeholds out of which 28.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 7.0% of families and 9.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
Gage County Museum, homed in the 1906 Burlington Railroad Depot and directed by the Gage County Historical Society Peter Jansen (1852 1923), sheep rancher, Nebraska state representative and senator Beatrice is the setting for The Gallows, a 2015 found footage movie that was co-written, co-directed and co-produced by Chris Lofing, a graduate of Beatrice High School. A prominent story was circulated about a near-miss that occurred in Beatrice, when, at 7:25 pm on March 1, 1950, a church exploded five minutes after the scheduled choir practice, but no one was injured because all fifteen members were late.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Gage County, Nebraska City of Beatrice website.
Nebraska Pronunciation Guide.
"Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey: Reconnaissance Survey Final Report of Gage County, Nebraska".
Nebraska State Historical Society.
"Gage County".
Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska.
"Beatrice Gage County." History of Gage County, Nebraska.
"About Gage County".
Nebraska State Historical Society.
"Nebraska Health and Human Services System Chronological History".
"Deficiencies Found at Beatrice State Developmental Center".
Beatrice State Developmental Center.
"Beatrice State Developmental Center (BSDC) Demographics".
"Beatrice State Developmental Center History".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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City of Beatrice Main Street Beatrice is a 501 (c)(3) organization accredited as a Certified National Main Street Program, a branch of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Main Street Programs in the United States).
Municipalities and communities of Gage County, Nebraska, United States State of Nebraska
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