Kearney, Nebraska
Kearney, Nebraska Location of Kearney inside Nebraska and Buffalo County Location of Kearney inside Nebraska and Buffalo County State Nebraska Kearney / k rni/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The populace was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Kearney is positioned at 40 42 3 N 99 4 52 W (40.700731, -99.081150). Strategically positioned on I-80 with convenient access to primary markets like Omaha-Lincoln, Denver, Kansas City, Des Moines, Wichita and Cheyenne, Kearney is at the center of a 7-state region and 20 million citizens . According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.00 square miles (33.67 km2), of which, 12.77 square miles (33.07 km2) is territory and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2) is water. Kearney is the principal town/city of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Buffalo and Kearney counties.
There were 12,201 homeholds of which 29.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.5% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 29 years.
22.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 20.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 20.6% were from 45 to 64; and 11.1% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,952 citizens , 10,549 homeholds, and 6,160 families residing in the city.
There were 10,549 homeholds out of which 30.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 23.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 7.4% of families and 13.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
Infantry through Kearney, Nebraska, 1888.
Streets of Kearney, Nebraska showing homes and one person, c.
The initial settlement in the region was called Dobytown, positioned 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the present-day Kearney.
Later the town/city was moved and retitled after the close-by Fort Kearny (with an extra "e" added, but pronounced the same), a United States Army outpost along the Oregon Trail in the middle of the 19th century.
The current locale of the town/city is on the north side of the Platte River and steadily interval as a result of the influence of the barns .
The council-manager form is used in Kearney.
The council appoints a town/city manager to implement policies, prepare a budget, appoints department heads, and recommends areas that the council needs to attend.
Kearney Public Schools operates 3 preschools, 12 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and Kearney High School Faith Christian School of Kearney Kearney West High School, at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center Kearney Catholic High School University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is positioned in the city.
It was established in 1905 as Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney and became Nebraska State Teachers College in 1921.
Between 1963 and 1991 the school was known as Kearney State College.
The college's name was changed to University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1991 when it joined the University of Nebraska system.
Companies headquartered in Kearney include Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska and Buckle.
According to Buffalo County Economic Development, the top non-manufacturing employers in the town/city are: 2 University of Nebraska at Kearney 1,000+ 3 Kearney Public Schools 750-1,000 8 City of Kearney 250-500 Kearney is home to a several exhibitions, many of which reflect its locale on the California, Mormon, Oregon, and Pony Express trails, and the Lincoln Highway.
The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument spans Interstate 80 at mile marker 274 and contains exhibits that trace the history of the Great Platte River Road from the Oregon Trail days to the present. On December 8, 2000, while on a visit to Kearney, President Bill Clinton toured the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. Jack Nicholson was filmed in a scene at the Archway for the movie About Schmidt. The Museum of Nebraska Art, the state's official art collection, homes artworks spanning 175 years, from the 19th century to the present. Frank House is an 1890s historic mansion positioned at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Merryman Performing Arts Center, positioned in the city's Central Elementary School, is a 750-seat theatre instead of in 2006. Main article: Media in Kearney, Nebraska Kearney Hub Kearney Country Club Solomon Butcher, photographer of the Homestead era in Nebraska, lived in Kearney for about a decade, beginning in 1902 Dexter (season 6), episode 7 ("Nebraska", airdate November 13, 2011) was set in Kearney, Nebraska, in large part because the show's co-executive producer, Tim Schlattmann, is a 1981 Kearney High School graduate. In "Nebraska", whose departure in multiple ways from previous Dexter episodes was (for the most part) favorably received, witness protection has relocated the Trinity Killer's surviving family to Kearney, where a copycat killer appears to have murdered Trinity's widow and daughter, so Dexter travels to Kearney to avenge the killings.
Numerous elements in the episode underscore Kearney's non-urban setting and culture, some sinister, and farm-specific settings and implements add range to Dexter's methods of killing and corpse disposal. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"Nebraska Pronunciation Guide".
About Kearney, Kearney Visitors Bureau, Nebraska United States Enumeration Bureau.
Kearney Visitors Bureau Buffalo County Economic Development "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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https://cityofkearney.org/documents/Administration/Kearney%20 - Connection%20 - December%202008.PDF The Kearney Connection.
City of Kearney: Form of Government.
Kearney Public Schools.
Community Profile Retrieved 2013-10-26 ""Dexter" producer, a Kearney native, says episode will be set in Nebraska".
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