Nebraska State Information – Symbols, Capital, Constitution, Flags, Maps, Songs

Quick Facts

Capital City: Lincoln

Abbreviation: NE

Population (2019): 1,868,516; Rank: 37 of 50 | Population Quick Facts

Region: Midwest

Admission to Statehood: March 1, 1867 (37th State)

State Motto:

State Nickname: Cornhusker State

Origin of State Name: Name based on an Otoe Indian word meaning “flat water,” referring to the Platte River

Area Codes: 308, 402

Zip Codes: Nebraska Zip Codes

State Symbols

Bird: Western Meadowlark | List of State Birds

Flag: A banner for the State of Nebraska shall consist of a reproduction of the great seal of the state, charged on the center in gold and silver on a field of national blue. Get this Flag

Flower: Goldenrod (Solidago serotina) | Other State Flowers

Soil: Holdrege

Song: Beautiful Nebraska Written by: Jim Fras

Tree: Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | Other State Trees

Quarter: Chimney Rock, covered wagon Nebraska Quarter | List of State Quarters

Geography

Area:

Area: 77,358 sq.mi (200,356 sq.km.), 16th

Land: 76,878 sq.mi. (199,113 sq.km.), 15th

Water: 481 sq.mi. (1,246 sq.km.), 42nd

Highest Point: Panorama Point ; 5,424 feet, (1,655 m.), 20th tallest

Lowest Point: Nebraska; 840 feet, 44th lowest

Geographic Center: Custer, 10 miles northwest of Broken Bow

National Parks: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Homestead National Historical Park
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Missouri National Recreational River
Niobrara National Scenic River
Scotts Bluff National Monument

Location:

Absolute Center: 41°31.5’N / 99°51.7’W

Relative Center: Custer, 10 miles northwest of Broken Bow

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