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Plan your next visit to Grand Island, Nebraska. Fun for all ages. With top of the line lodging, attractions and events, your next trip is sure to be one to remember. Home to the Spring Migration of the Sandhill Cranes and the Nebraska State Fair.
Grand Island is a city of 51,000 people (2019) in South Central Nebraska. Grand Island has been given the All-America City Award three times (1955, 1967, and 1981–82) by the National Civic League.
About. Grand Island History. 1700-1870. Our city was named for an island on the Platte River, an island in the middle of what was then called “The Great American Desert.” PAWNEE. Grasslands stretched out to the horizon in every direction surrounding the place that would become Grand Island, Nebraska.
Grand Island . Living history, inviting parks, racing horses, migrating cranes . . . when we say Grand Island has something for everyone, it's not just cliche—it's the honest-to-goodness truth.
Grand Island, city, seat of Hall county, south-central Nebraska, U.S., about 90 miles (145 km) west of Lincoln. The city’s name comes from an island in the nearby Platte River called La Grande Île (French: “Big Island”) by 18th-century French fur traders.
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Grand Island is Nebraska’s largest city outside of the Omaha & Lincoln Metropolitan area; it's the third largest retail trade center in Nebraska. Local government is handled by the Mayor, City Council, and County Board of Supervisors.
