Lincoln, Nebraska

The city of **Lincoln** is the capital city of Nebraska, United States. Only Omaha has more people of any city in Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2020 Census population was 291,082.

Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster. It became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859. The capital of Nebraska Territory had been Omaha since the start of the territory in 1854. Most of the territory's population lived south of the Platte River. After much of the territory south of the Platte became a part of Kansas, the legislature voted to move the capital south of the river and as far west as possible. They made the village of Lancaster the new capital, in part due to the salt flats and marshes.

People from Omaha tried to stop the move by renaming Lancaster after the recently killed President Abraham Lincoln. Many of the people south of the river had wanted the Confederate to win the recent Civil War. These people thought that the legislature would not approve the move if the future capital were named after Lincoln. The plan did not work, as Lancaster was renamed Lincoln and also became the state capital upon Nebraska's admission to the Union on March 1, 1867.  The people either liked or disliked the new name depending on how they felt about the Civil War.

Nebraska State Capitol was designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and constructed between 1922 and 1932. The capitol building is a skyscraper topped by a golden dome. The tower is crowned by a 6-meter (20 ft) statue of a farmer sowing grain on a pedestal of wheat and corn, to represent the state's agricultural heritage. City zoning rules prevent any other building from rivaling it in height, making it a landmark not only within the city but for the surrounding area. Inside, there are many paintings and iridescent murals showing Native American heritage and the history and culture of the early pioneers who settled Nebraska. It is the second tallest U.S. State Capitol building behind the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge.

In March of 2023, Red Way was announced to start operating from Lincoln Airport, but, in August of 2023, because the airline was running out of money, the airline decided to shut down.

Lincoln has a humid continental climate (_Dfa_ in the Köppen climate classification).

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Lincoln
- **image skyline**: Skyline of Downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (2023).jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Lincoln skyline
- **image flag**: Flag of Lincoln, Nebraska (2022).svg
- **nickname**: Star City
- **image map**: Lancaster_County_Nebraska_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Lincoln_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location within Lancaster County
- **pushpin map**: USA Nebraska#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within Nebraska##Location within the United States
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **pushpin label**: Lincoln
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Nebraska, County
- **subdivision name2**: Lancaster County, Nebraska, Lancaster
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: (Lancaster)
- **established title1**: Renamed
- **established date1**: (Lincoln)
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **named for**: Abraham Lincoln
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 260.16
- **area total sq mi**: 100.45
- **area land km2**: 256.63
- **area land sq mi**: 99.09
- **area water km2**: 3.52
- **area water sq mi**: 1.36
- **area metro km2**: 3,683.660
- **area metro sq mi**: 1,422.269
- **elevation ft**: 1201
- **elevation m**: 366
- **population total**: 291082
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 1134.24
- **population density sq mi**: 2937.67
- **population metro**: 340,217
- **population demonym**: Lincolnite
- **postal code type**: ZIP code, ZIP code(s)
- **postal code**: 68501-68510, 68512, 68514, 68516-68517, 68520-68524, 68526-68529, 68531, 68542, 68544, 68583, 68588
- **area codes**: Area code 402, 402, Area code 531, 531
- **website**: [http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/ lincoln.ne.gov]
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: North American Central Time Zone, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 31-28000
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 837279