| Red Cloud, Nebraska | |
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| Willa Cather's childhood home in Red Cloud | |
| Location of Red Cloud, Nebraska | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Webster |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gary Ratzlaff |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Land | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,716 ft (523 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,131 |
| • Density | 1,108.5/sq mi (428.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 68970 |
| Area code(s) | 402 |
| FIPS code | 31-40920[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0832484[2] |
Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States.[3] The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census.
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The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnees until 1833. In that year, a treaty was signed in which the Pawnees surrendered their lands south of the Platte River. According to George Hyde, it is likely that the Pawnees did not realize that they were thereby giving up their lands, and that they were led to believe that they were only granting the Delawares and other relocated tribes permission to hunt in the area.[4]
In 1870, the area that is now Webster County was opened to homesteaders. In that year, Silas Garber and other settlers filed claims along Crooked Creek, just east of the present-day city. In 1871, the town, named after the renowned Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud, was voted county seat of the newly formed county. The city was platted in 1872.[5][6]
The author Willa Cather lived in Red Cloud for several years with her family, starting in 1884 at age nine. She used the town as inspiration for several in her novels, including Black Hawk in My Ántonia.[7] Several 19th-century buildings described in her books are included in the Willa Cather Historic District, the largest district dedicated to an author that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Her family house is part of the district.[8]
Red Cloud is located at (40.088222, -98.522660).[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all of it land.
| Red Cloud, Neb. Population by decade |
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As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,131 people, 520 households, and 302 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,108.5 people per square mile (428.1/km²). There were 618 housing units at an average density of 605.7 per square mile (233.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.35% White, 0.18% African American, 0.97% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.97% of the population.
There were 520 households out of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 30.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,389, and the median income for a family was $34,038. Males had a median income of $26,364 versus $17,232 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,772. About 8.4% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.
The city owns and operates a swimming pool in its park,[10] and it maintains a nine-hole golf course that is claimed to be the third-best such course in the state.[11]
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