Omaha (/ˈoÊŠmÉ™hÉ'Ë / OH-mÉ™-hah) is the largest city in the U.S.
state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in
the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15
km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-largest
city, Omaha's 2019 estimated population was 478,192.Omaha
(/ˈoÊŠmÉ™hÉ'Ë / OH-mÉ™-hah) is the largest city in the U.S. state of
Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the
Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km)
north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-largest
city, Omaha's 2019 estimated population was 478,192.Omaha is the
anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan
area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 59th largest in the United
States, with an estimated population of 944,316 (2018). The
Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA)
encompasses the Omaha-Council Bluffs MSA as well as the separate
Fremont, NE Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of the
entirety of Dodge County, Nebraska. The total population of the CSA
was 970,023 based on 2017 estimates. Approximately 1.3 million people
reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of
Downtown Omaha.Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was
founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city
was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree
Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West". Omaha
introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to
the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the
19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred
the city to become an important national transportation hub.
Throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and
jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads
and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the
world's largest, and its meatpacking plants gained international
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