City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States

Overview of Omaha

• Name:
  Omaha
• Official Name:
  City of Omaha
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  United States
  

  Douglas County, Nebraska
  Sixth Principal Meridian (85%)
  

  Township 15 North, Range 12 East (27%)
  

  Section 32 (1%)
  Section 33 (1%)
  Section 36 (1%)
  Section 28 (1%)
  Section 3 (1%)
  Section 11 (1%)
  Section 16 (1%)
  Section 25 (1%)
  Section 12 (1%)
  Section 27 (1%)
  Section 9 (1%)
  Section 34 (1%)
  Section 26 (1%)
  Section 5 (1%)
  Section 22 (1%)
  Section 29 (1%)
  Section 21 (1%)
  Section 13 (1%)
  Section 4 (1%)
  Section 35 (1%)
  Section 15 (1%)
  Section 10 (1%)
  Section 2 (1%)
  Section 7 (1%)
  Section 14 (1%)
  Section 1 (1%)
  Section 18 (1%)
  Section 23 (1%)
  Section 24 (1%)
  Section 31 (1%)
  Section 20 (1%)
  Section 30 (1%)
  Section 6 (1%)
  Section 19 (1%)
  Section 8 (1%)
  Section 17 (1%)
  

  Township 15 North, Range 13 East (21%)
  

  Section 12 (1%)
  Section 30 (1%)
  Section 17 (1%)
  Section 18 (1%)
  Section 15 (1%)
  Section 31 (1%)
  Section 33 (1%)
  Section 29 (1%)
  Section 8 (1%)
  Section 7 (1%)
  Section 32 (1%)
  Section 34 (1%)
  Section 28 (1%)
  Section 16 (1%)
  Section 5 (1%)
  Section 9 (1%)
  Section 6 (1%)
  Section 19 (1%)
  Section 4 (1%)
  Section 21 (1%)
  Section 20 (1%)
  Section 22 (1%)
  Section 27 (1%)
  Section 3 (1%)
  Section 10 (1%)
  Section 1 (1%)
  Section 26 (1%)
  Section 35 (1%)
  

  Township 16 North, Range 13 East (8%)
  

  Section 32 (1%)
  Section 29 (1%)
  Section 30 (1%)
  Section 33 (1%)
  Section 31 (1%)
  Section 34 (1%)
  Section 28 (1%)
  Section 36 (1%)
  Section 35 (1%)
  Section 20 (1%)
  Section 19 (1%)
  

  Township 15 North, Range 11 East (8%)
  

  Section 34 (1%)
  Section 15 (1%)
  Section 29 (1%)
  Section 25 (1%)
  Section 36 (1%)
  Section 27 (1%)
  Section 1 (1%)
  Section 33 (1%)
  Section 28 (1%)
  Section 22 (1%)
  Section 35 (1%)
  Section 13 (1%)
  

  Township 14 North, Range 12 East (6%)
  

  Section 9 (1%)
  Section 4 (1%)
  Section 1 (1%)
  Section 3 (1%)
  Section 5 (1%)
  Section 7 (1%)
  Section 6 (1%)
  Section 12 (1%)
  

  Township 14 North, Range 13 East (5%)
  

  Section 9 (1%)
  Section 8 (1%)
  Section 4 (1%)
  Section 5 (1%)
  Section 10 (1%)
  Section 6 (1%)
  Section 3 (1%)
  

  Township 16 North, Range 12 East (3%)
  

  Section 25 (1%)
  Section 36 (1%)
  Section 33 (1%)
  Section 35 (1%)
  Section 22 (1%)
  

  Township 14 North, Range 11 East (3%)
  

  Section 12 (1%)
  Section 1 (1%)
  Section 11 (1%)
  Section 3 (1%)
  Section 2 (1%)
  

  Township 15 North, Range 10 East (1%)
  

  Section 24 (1%)
  Section 12 (1%)
  

  Section 6, Township 15 North, Range 14 East (1%)
  
• History (GNIS):
  ranked 48th by population in the 1980 census. Founded in 1854 and incorporated as a town in 1857 and as a city in 1875. An Indian word meaning "upstream,"also the name of a tribe designated as "upstream people."
• Surveys:
  Sixth Principal Meridian
  

  Range 10 East
  

  Township 15 North
  

  Sections: 1, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24

  Range 11 East
  

  Township 14 North
  

  Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12

  Township 15 North
  

  Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

  Township 16 North
  

  Sections: 35, 36

  Range 12 East
  

  Township 14 North
  

  Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12

  Township 15 North
  

  Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

  Township 16 North
  

  Sections: 3, 10, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

  Range 13 East
  

  Township 14 North
  

  Sections: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Township 15 North
  

  Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

  Township 16 North
  

  Sections: 9, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

  Range 14 East
  

  Township 15 North
  

  Sections: 6, 7

  Township 16 North
  

  Section 31
• County Seat of:
  Douglas County
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:41.258609641° 15' 31.0"N

  Longitude:-95.937792095° 56' 16.1"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Overland Mobile Home Park (Council Bluffs, Kane Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa) 2.3 mi. E
  • Carter Lake (Kane Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa) 2.4 mi. NE
  • Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County, Iowa) 4 mi. E
  • Ralston (Douglas Precinct) 6.6 mi. SW
  • La Vista (La Vista Precinct, Sarpy County) 7.1 mi. SW
  • Crescent (Crescent Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa) 8.4 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Prospect Hill 1.8 mi. NW
  • Holy Sepulchre 2.6 mi. W
  • Bohemian 3.3 mi. SW
  • West Lawn 3.6 mi. SW
  • Golden Hill 3.7 mi. NW
  • Graceland Park 3.9 mi. SW
  • Saint Marys 4 mi. S
  • Saint Mary Magdalene 4.5 mi. SW
  • Pleasant Hill 4.6 mi. NW
  • Laurel Hill 4.6 mi. S
  • Fairview (Council Bluffs, Kane Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa) 4.6 mi. E
  • Calvary 5 mi. W
• Population:
  390,007
• Elevation:
  323 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  556687537
• Updated Apr 20, 2020