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FOUNDED
~ 1868
ELEVATION ~ Downtown 3,216
Feet; Airport 3,250 Feet
POPULATION ~ Ogallala 5,107;
Keith County 8,729;
Labor Market 54,742
CLIMATE ~
Temperature-Moderate, July Average 75.6°, January Average
23.2°; Precipitation-18.51 Inches; Humidity-Low
LOCATION ~ At Interstate 80
Mile Marker 126; Intersection of U.S. Highway 30 (East/West)
and U.S. Highways 26/61(North/South)
TRANSPORTATION ~ Union Pacific
Railroad; Greyhound Bus Lines; Ogallala Searle Field,
municipal airport, Charter Service, 2 runways (5,100
Feet & 3,700 Feet); North Platte Regional Airport, 50 Miles
East.
TIME ZONE ~ Mountain Standard
Time; Central Standard Time-32 Miles East
ECONOMY ~ Agriculture-Farming
and Ranching; Manufacturing; Tourism
INDUSTRY ~ American Shizuki
Corporation, Manufactures Capacitors, Employs 225;
Prophet Systems Innovations, Computer and Software
Manufacturers, Employs 107; Arnold
Engineering, Electrical Components Manufacturers, Employs 45;
Ogallala Community Hospital, 28 Bed Hospital, Clinic, Employs
130; City Schools, Education, Employs 170; City and County
Government, Employs 140
RESOURCES ~ Ogallala Aquifer, World’s Largest Underground
Water Supply; Lake McConaughy, Largest Irrigation Lake in the
Midwest; Wheat, Corn, Sugar Beets, Milo, Soy Beans, Hay,
Cattle
ACCOMMODATIONS ~ 25 Motels
With Over 2,000 Motel Rooms
CHURCHES ~ 15 Churches of Many
Faiths
GOVERNMENT ~ City -
Council/City Manager; County - Commissioners; State – Nation’s
Only Unicameral Legislature
ATTRACTIONS ~ The Cowboy
Capital of Nebraska; Home of Lake McConaughy and Lake
Ogallala; Five City Parks; Band Shell; Legion Baseball Field;
Western Diamond Sports Complex with four Softball Fields & two
Soccer Fields; Front Street; Mansion on the Hill; Boot Hill;
Petrified Wood Gallery; Eagle Viewing; Ogallala Nature Park;
Hiking/Biking/Fitness Trail; Goodall Recreation Center with
Indoor Pool; Outdoor Pool; Keith County Historical Society;
Ogallala Regional Arts Council; Two Golf Courses; Hunting;
Fishing; Boating; Keith County Fair and Rodeo
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