Cities

Lincoln

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Lincoln." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lincoln.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Lincoln. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lincoln

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-lincoln,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Lincoln},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lincoln},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County, and ranks as the state's second largest municipality. It was established as Nebraska's state capital in 1869, when the seat of government moved from Omaha, and the University of Nebraska was founded there the same year, becoming a major economic and cultural institution. The city was originally settled in 1856 as Lancaster and renamed for Abraham Lincoln in 1869.

Facts

Population

291,082 1

2020 census figure, from Lincoln's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

265.58 1

Founding Year

1869 1

April 1, 1869 is the incorporation date the infobox itself gives; the settlement was founded in 1856 as Lancaster and renamed for Abraham Lincoln on July 29, 1869.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude

40.81028 degrees north 1

Longitude

96.67472 degrees west 1

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