Ashland, Nebraska
| Ashland, Nebraska | |
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Downtown Ashland: Silver Street
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 Location of Ashland, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: 41°2′26″N 96°22′21″W / 41.04056°N 96.37250°WCoordinates: 41°2′26″N 96°22′21″W / 41.04056°N 96.37250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Saunders |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.13 sq mi (2.93 km2) |
| • Land | 1.10 sq mi (2.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,089 ft (332 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,453 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 2,492 |
| • Density | 2,230.0/sq mi (861.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68003 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-02305 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0827094 |
| Website | http://www.ashland-ne.com/ |
Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,453 at the 2010 census.
Ashland is located at the site of a low-water limestone ledge along the bottom of Salt Creek, an otherwise mud-bottomed stream that was a formidable obstacle for wagon trains on the great westward migrations of the late 1840s and 1850s. The Oxbow Trail, a variant route of the Oregon Trail, ran from Nebraska City (on the Missouri River) to Fort Kearny (on the Platte River), where it joined the main route of the Oregon Trail. The limestone bottom of Salt Creek at Ashland made it an excellent fording site. Ashland was established in 1870 and named after Ashland, the estate of Henry Clay.
Today, Ashland benefits by its proximity to Interstate 80 and the cities of Omaha and Lincoln. While in some respects Ashland is becoming a "bedroom community" of those much larger cities, it retains a rural character. That coherence as a community, and a 30-minute drive to either of the state's economic hubs, has led to a building boom in the late 1990s and the 2000s.
Ashland is located at 41°2′26″N 96°22′21″W / 41.04056°N 96.37250°W (41.040548, -96.372389).
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