Lancaster County, Nebraska (NE) Business, Travel, and Local Directory

Lincoln was founded in 1859 as the village of Lancaster. Renamed and made Nebraska's state capital in 1867, is the now the second-largest city in the state. Lincoln is Nebraska's center of government and higher education and is a regional retail and transportation center. Despite its size, it retains a friendly, "small town" feel.

There are several threads running through Lincoln's cultural composition. The university and state government have attracted many rural Nebraskans to the city over the   More...