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Ogallala
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city in and the county seat of Keith County, Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Keith
- Type
- City Council/City Manager
- Mayor
- Deb Schilz
- City manager
- Bruce Smith
- Total
- 5.02 sq mi (13.00 km )
- Land
- 4.96 sq mi (12.84 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km )
- Elevation
- 3,232 ft (985 m)
- Density
- 984.1/sq mi (379.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 31-35980
- Website
- ogallala-ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Ogallala
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Keith County
- Population
- 4878
- Area
- 12.995255
- Elevation
- 982
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Keith County
- Official website
- www.ogallala-ne.gov
- Image
- Front Street, Ogallala, Nebraska, 2007.jpg
- Households
- 2300
- Dialing code
- 308
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- Commons category
- Ogallala, Nebraska
- postal code
- 69153
- inception
- 1868-00-00
- P8168
- Yamshchikov-Sodmes
- water as percent of area
- 1.2078
- per capita income
- 26517
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ogallala is a city in and the county seat of Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,878 at the 2020 census, up from 4,737 at the 2010 census. In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad. The Ogallala Formation that carries the Ogallala Aquifer was named after the city.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ogallala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.