لينكولن، نبراسكا

Before the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. Plains Indians, descendants of indigenous peoples who occupied the area for thousands of years, lived in and hunted along Salt Creek. The Pawnee, which included four tribes, lived in villages along the Platte River. The Great Sioux Nation, including the Ihanktonwan-Ihanktonwan and the Lakota, to the north and west, used Nebraska as a hunting and skirmish ground, but did not have any long-term settlements in the state. An occasional buffalo could still be seen in the plat of Lincoln in the 1860s.^[11]

Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster and became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859.^[12] The village was sited on the east bank of Salt Creek.^[13] The first settlers were attracted to the area due to the abundance of salt. Once J. Sterling Morton developed his salt mines in Kansas, salt in the village was no longer a viable commodity.^[14] Captain W. T. Donovan, a former steamer captain, and his family settled on Salt Creek in 1856. In 1859, the village settlers met to form a county. A caucus was formed and the committee, which included Donovan, selected Lancaster as the county seat. The county was named Lancaster. After the passage of the 1862 Homestead Act, homesteaders began to inhabit the area. The first plat was dated August 6, 1864.^[11]

By the end of 1868, Lancaster had a population of approximately 500.^[15] The township of Lancaster was renamed Lincoln, with the incorporation of the city of Lincoln on April 1, 1869. In 1869, the University of Nebraska was established in Lincoln by the state with a land grant of about 130,000 acres. Construction of University Hall, the first building, began the same year.^[16]

Nebraska was granted statehood on March 1, 1867. The capital of the Nebraska Territory had been Omaha since the creation of the territory in 1854. Most of its population lived south of the Platte River. After much of the territory south of the Platte was considered annexation to Kansas, the territorial legislature voted to place the capital south of the river and as far west as possible.^[17] Before the vote to remove the capital from Omaha, Omaha Senator J. N. H. Patrick made a last-ditch effort to derail the move by having the future capital named after recently assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Many of the people south of the Platte had been sympathetic to the Confederate cause in the recently concluded Civil War. It was assumed that senators south of the river would not vote to pass the measure if the future capital was named after Lincoln. In the end, the motion to name the future capital Lincoln was ineffective in blocking the measure and the vote to move the capital south of the Platte was successful, with the passage of the Removal Act in 1867.^[18][19]

The Removal Act called for the formation of a Capital Commission to site the capital on state-owned land. On July 18, 1867, the commission, composed of Governor David Butler, Secretary of State Thomas Kennard, and State Auditor John Gillespie, began to tour sites for the new capital. The village of Lancaster was chosen, in part due to its salt flats and marshes.^[20][21][22] Lancaster had approximately 30 residents. Disregarding the original plat of the village of Lancaster, Kennard platted Lincoln on a broader scale. The plat of the village of Lancaster was not dissolved nor abandoned; it became Lincoln when the Lincoln plat files were finished on September 6, 1867.^[23] To raise money for the construction of a capital, an auction of lots was held.^[24]

Newcomers began to arrive and Lincoln's population grew. The Nebraska State Capitol was completed on December 1, 1868, a two-story building constructed with native limestone with a central cupola. The Kennard house, built in 1869, is the oldest remaining building in the original plat of Lincoln.^[25]

In 1888, a new capitol building was constructed on the site of the first to replace the structurally unsound former capitol. The second building was a classical design by architect William H. Willcox.^[26] It, too, had significant structural issues that, by the 1920s, made clear the need for the construction of a replacement. Construction began on a third capitol building in 1922. Bertram G. Goodhue was selected in a national competition as its architect. By 1924, the first phase of construction was completed and state offices moved into the new building. In 1925, the Willcox-designed capitol building was razed. The Goodhue-designed capitol was constructed in four phases, with the completion of the fourth phase in 1932.^[27] It is the second-tallest capitol building in the United States.^[28]

The worldwide economic depression of 1890 saw Lincoln's population fall from 55,000 to 40,169 by 1900 (per the 1900 census). Volga-German immigrants from Russia settled in the North Bottoms neighborhood and as Lincoln expanded with the growth in population, the city began to annex nearby towns. Normal was the first town annexed in 1919.^[29]Bethany Heights, incorporated in 1890, was annexed in 1922.^[14] In 1926, the town of University Place was annexed.^[30] College View, incorporated in 1892, was annexed in 1929. Union College, a Seventh Day Adventist institution, was founded in College View in 1891. In 1930, Lincoln annexed the town of Havelock. Havelock actively opposed annexation to Lincoln and only relented due to a strike by the Burlington railroad shop workers which halted progress and growth for the city.^[14]

The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad's first train arrived in Lincoln on June 26, 1870, and the Midland Pacific (1871) and the Atchison and Nebraska (1872) soon followed. The Union Pacific began service in 1877. The Chicago and North Western and Missouri Pacific began service in 1886. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific extended service to Lincoln in 1892. Lincoln became a rail hub.^[14]

As automobile travel became more common, so did the need for better roads in Nebraska and throughout the U.S. In 1911, the Omaha-Denver Trans-Continental Route Association, with support from the Good Roads Movement, established the Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Highway (O-L-D) through Lincoln. The goal was to have the most efficient highway for travel throughout Nebraska, from Omaha to Denver.^[31]

In 1920, the Omaha-Denver Association merged with the Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Association. As a result, the O-L-D was renamed the Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway (D-L-D) with the goal of having a continuous highway from Detroit to Denver. The goal was eventually realized by the mid-1920s; 1,700 mi (2,700 km) of constantly improved highway through six states.^[32] The auto route's success in attracting tourists led entrepreneurs to build businesses and facilities in towns along the route to keep up with the demand. In 1924, the D-L-D was designated as Nebraska State Highway 6. In 1926, the highway became part of the Federal Highway System and was renumbered U.S. Route 38. In 1931, U.S. 38 was renumbered as a U.S. 6/U.S. 38 overlap and in 1933, the U.S. 38 route designation was dropped.^[33][34]

In the early years of air travel, Lincoln had three airports and one airfield.^[35]Union Airport, was established northeast of Lincoln in 1920. The Lincoln Flying School was founded by E.J. Sias in a building he built at 2145 O Street.^[36]Charles Lindbergh was a student at the flying school in 1922. The flying school closed in 1947.^[36] Some remnants of the Union Airport are still visible between N. 56th and N. 70th Streets, north of Fletcher Avenue; mangled within a slowly developing industrial zone.^[37] Arrow Airport was established around 1925 as a manufacturing and test facility for Arrow Aircraft and Motors Corporation, primarily the Arrow Sport. The airfield was near Havelock; or to the west of where the North 48th Street Small Vehicle Transfer Station is today. Arrow Aircraft and Motors declared bankruptcy in 1939 and Arrow Airport closed roughly several decades later.^[38] An Arrow Sport is on permanent display, hanging in the Lincoln Airport's main passenger terminal.^[35][39]

As train, automobile, and air travel increased, business flourished and the city prospered. Lincoln's population increased 38.2% from 1920 to a population of 75,933 in 1930.^[40] In 1930, the city's small municipal airfield was dedicated to Charles Lindbergh and named Lindbergh Field for a short period as another airfield was named Lindbergh in California. It was north of Salt Lake, in an area known over the years as Huskerville, Arnold Heights and Air Park; and was approximately within the western half of the West Lincoln Township.^[41][42][43] The air field was a stop for United Airlines in 1927 and a mail stop in 1928.^[44]

In 1942, the Lincoln Army Airfield was established at the site. During World War II, the U.S. Army used the facility to train over 25,000 aviation mechanics and process over 40,000 troopers for combat. The Army closed the base in 1945, but the Air Force reactivated it in 1952 during the Korean War. In 1966, after the Air Force closed the base, Lincoln annexed the airfield and the base's housing units.^[41] The base became the Lincoln Municipal Airport, and later the Lincoln Airport, under the Lincoln Airport Authority's ownership. The two main airlines that served the airport were United Airlines and Frontier Airlines. The Authority shared facilities with the Nebraska National Guard, who continued to own parts of the old Air Force base.^[45]

In 1966, Lincoln annexed the township of West Lincoln, incorporated in 1887. West Lincoln voters rejected Lincoln's annexation until the state legislature passed a bill in 1965 that allowed cities to annex surrounding areas without a vote.^[46]

The downtown core retail district from 1959 to 1984 saw profound changes as retail shopping moved from downtown to the suburban Gateway Shopping Mall. In 1956, Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska announced plans to build a $6 million shopping center next to their new campus on Lincoln's eastern outskirts. Gateway Shopping Center, now called Gateway Mall, opened at 60th and O streets in 1960.^[47][48] By 1984, 75% of Lincoln's revenue from retail sales tax came from within a one-mile radius of the Mall. The exodus of retail and service businesses led the downtown core to decline and deteriorate.^[49]

In 1969, the Nebraska legislature legislated laws for urban renewal. Soon afterward, Lincoln began a program of revitalization and beautification. Most of the urban renewal projects focused on downtown and the near South areas. Many ideas were considered and not implemented. Successes included Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, designed by Philip Johnson; new branch libraries, new street lighting, the First National Bank Building and the National Bank of Commerce Building designed by I.M. Pei.^[50]

In 1971, an expansion of Gateway Mall was completed. 1974 marked a new assembly facility in Lincoln, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan to produce motorcycles for the North American market.^[51] Lincoln's first woman mayor, Helen Boosalis, was elected in 1975. Mayor Boosalis was a strong supporter of the revitalization of Lincoln with the downtown beautification project being completed in 1978. In 1979, the square-block downtown Centrum was opened and connected to buildings with a skywalk. The Centrum was a two-level shopping mall with a garage for 1,038 cars. With the beautification and urban renewal projects, many historic buildings were razed in the city.^[50] In 2007 and 2009, the city of Lincoln received beautification grants for improvements on O and West O Streets, west of the Harris Overpass, commemorating the history of the D-L-D.^[32][52]

After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees created a large residential and business community along the 27th Street corridor alongside Mexican eateries and African markets.^[53] Lincoln was designated as a "Refugee Friendly" city by the U.S. Department of State in the 1970s. In 2000, Lincoln was the twelfth-largest resettlement site per capita in the country.^[54] As of 2011, Lincoln had the second largest Karen (Burmese ethnic minority) population in the United States (behind Omaha),^[55][56] with an estimated 1,500 in 2019.^[57] As of the same year, Nebraska was one of the largest resettlement sites for the people of Sudan, mostly in Lincoln and Omaha.^[58] In 2014, some social service organizations estimated that up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees had resettled in Lincoln.^[59][60] In recent years, Lincoln had the largest Yazidi (Iraqi ethnic minority) population in the U.S.,^[61][62] with over 2,000–3,000 having settled within the city (as of late 2017).^[63][64] In a three-year period, the immigrant and refugee student population at Lincoln Public Schools increased 52% - from 1,606 students in 2014, to 2,445 in 2017.^[65]

The decade from 1990 to 2000 saw a significant rise in population from 191,972 to 225,581. North 27th Street and Cornhusker Highway were redeveloped with new housing and businesses built. The boom housing market in south Lincoln created new housing developments including high end housing in areas like Cripple Creek, Williamsburg and The Ridge. The shopping center Southpointe Pavilions was completed in competition of Gateway Mall.^[66]

In 2001, Westfield America Trust purchased the Gateway Mall^[67] and named it Westfield Shoppingtown Gateway. In 2005, the company renamed it the Westfield Gateway.^[68] Westfield made a $45 million makeover of the mall in 2005 including an expanded food court, a new west-side entrance and installation of an Italian carousel.^[69] In 2012, Westfield America Trust sold Westfield Gateway to Starwood Capital Group. Starwood reverted the mall's name from Westfield Gateway to Gateway Mall and has made incremental expansions and renovations.^[67][70] In 2021, Gateway Mall was sold to a subsidiary of Strategic Value Partners.^[71]

In 2015, ALLO Communications announced it would bring ultra-high speed fiber internet to the city. Speeds up to 1 gigabit per second were available for business and households by building off of the city's existing fiber network. Construction on the citywide network began in March 2016 and was estimated to be complete by 2019,^[72] making it one of the largest infrastructure projects in the United States.^[73] Telephone and cable TV service were also included,^[74] making it the third company to compete for such services within the same Lincoln footprint. In April 2016, Windstream Communications announced that 2,300 customers in Lincoln had 1 gigabit per second fiber internet with an expected expansion of services to 25,000 customers by 2017.^[75][76] On November 29, 2017, Lincoln was named a Smart Gigabit Community by U.S. Ignite Inc.^[77][78] and in early 2018, Spectrum joined the ranks of internet service providers providing 1 gigabit internet within the city.^[79] In 2025, 2 gigabit internet service was available by ALLO.^[80]

In 2021, Lincoln's second-tallest skyscraper was completed downtown. Second in height to the State Capitol by law, the Lied Place Residences was 250 feet, or 20 floors.^[81] The Lied Place Residences surpassed the U.S. Bank Tower (formerly the First National Bank Building), completed in 1970, by 30 feet.^[82] A least one taller building had been proposed since 2021, but any construction had been delayed due to inflation.^[83][84]

In 2022, the City of Lincoln adopted a new flag, called "All Roads Lead to Lincoln".^[85] In late 2022, Nebraska Highway 2 was diverted onto a newly constructed 11-mile long freeway, dubbed the South Beltway, on the Lincoln's south edge.^[86] The realignment marked the first time the eastern segment of Nebraska 2 was largely outside of the city in its history.

In 2023, unbeknownst to local leaders, Governor Jim Pillen announced that a new state correctional facility would be built on the east edge of Lincoln. The new facility would replace the aging Nebraska State Penitentiary.^[87] Controversy ensued as the area selected by the state was stated for future housing development by the city. Months later, the city entered an agreement with the state for a land swap and the new facility would instead be built on the northeast edge of the city.^[88] It is unclear whether the old Nebraska State Penitentiary would be closed after the new facility is completed.^[89]

Also in 2023, Google announced that a large data center was to be constructed on Lincoln's northeast edge. Construction began prior to the announcement the same year.^[90] An upgrade of U.S. Highway 77 (Homestead Expressway) to freeway standards began in 2025,^[91] along with a renewed push by regional leaders for an East Beltway.^[92][93]

تتألف منطقة لينكولن الإحصائية الحضرية من مقاطعتي لانكستر وسيوارد . أُضيفت مقاطعة سيوارد إلى المنطقة الحضرية عام ٢٠٠٣. تقع لينكولن أيضًا ضمن منطقة لينكولن-بياتريس الإحصائية المدمجة، والتي تضم منطقة لينكولن الحضرية ومنطقة بياتريس الحضرية الصغيرة . مدينة بياتريس هي مقر مقاطعة غيج . يبلغ عدد سكان منطقة لينكولن-بياتريس الإحصائية المدمجة ٣٧٢,٣١٣ نسمة (تقديرات عام ٢٠٢٤)، مما يجعلها في المرتبة ١٠٩ من حيث عدد السكان في المناطق الإحصائية المدمجة في الولايات المتحدة. ^{[ ٨ ]}

تضم أحياء لينكولن أحياءً قديمة وحديثة. بعض هذه الأحياء كانت في السابق بلدات صغيرة ضمتها لينكولن لاحقًا ، ومنها يونيفرسيتي بليس عام ١٩٢٦، وبلمونت، وبيثاني (بيثاني هايتس) عام ١٩٢٢، وكوليدج فيو عام ١٩٢٩، وهافلوك عام ١٩٣٠، وغرب لينكولن عام ١٩٦٦. ^{[ ١٤ ]} يقع عدد من المناطق التاريخية بالقرب من وسط مدينة لينكولن، بينما ظهرت الأحياء الأحدث بشكل رئيسي في الجنوب والشرق. ^{[ ٩٦ ]} اعتبارًا من ديسمبر ٢٠١٣، كان لدى لينكولن ٤٥ جمعية أحياء مسجلة داخل حدود المدينة . ^{[ ٩٧ ]}

تُعدّ منطقة وسط مدينة لينكولن من الأحياء الرئيسية التي شهدت نموًا سكنيًا سريعًا في السنوات الأخيرة. ففي عام 2010، بلغ عدد سكانها 1200 نسمة، بينما وصل إلى 3000 نسمة في عام 2016 (بزيادة قدرها 140%). ^{[ 98 ]} وفي منتصف العقد نفسه تقريبًا، بدأ الطلب على المساكن والوحدات السكنية المؤجرة يفوق العرض. ومع توقعات نمو سكان لينكولن إلى أكثر من 311 ألف نسمة بحلول عام 2020، ارتفعت أسعار المنازل والإيجارات. فقد ارتفعت أسعار المنازل بنسبة 10% من الربع الأول من عام 2015 إلى الربع الأول من عام 2016، بينما ارتفعت أسعار الإيجارات بنسبة 30% من عام 2007 إلى عام 2017، مع زيادة تتراوح بين 5 و8% في عام 2016 وحده. ^{[ 99 ] [ 100 ]}

تقع مدينة لينكولن في السهول الكبرى ، بعيدًا عن تأثيرات الجبال والمسطحات المائية الكبيرة، وتتمتع بمناخ قاري رطب شديد التباين على مدار الفصول الأربعة (كوبن Dfa ، تريوارثا Dcao ): الشتاء بارد، والصيف حار ورطب. ^{[ 101 ]} مع قلة هطول الأمطار خلال فصل الشتاء، يتركز هطول الأمطار خلال الأشهر الأكثر دفئًا. وعندما تعبر العواصف الرعدية، تتشكل أحيانًا أعاصير قمعية. يبلغ متوسط ​​تساقط الثلوج 66 سم (26 بوصة) في الموسم الواحد، لكن تراكمات الثلوج الموسمية تراوحت بين 18 سم (7.2 بوصة) في الفترة 1967-1968 و 141 سم ( 55.5 بوصة) في الفترة 2018-2019. تميل الثلوج إلى التساقط بكميات أقل، وإن كانت متفاوتة، كما أن العواصف الثلجية واردة. ويبلغ متوسط ​​عدد الأيام التي يصل فيها عمق الثلج إلى 2.5 سم (بوصة واحدة ) أو أكثر 38 يومًا. يتراوح متوسط ​​فترة انخفاض درجات الحرارة إلى ما دون الصفر بين 7 أكتوبر و25 أبريل، مما يسمح بموسم نمو مدته 164 يومًا. ^{[ 102 ]}       

The monthly daily average temperature range is from 25.0 °F (−3.9 °C) in January to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C) in July. However, the city is subject to episodes of bitter cold during the winter and heat waves in the summer, with 10.1 nights of 0 °F (−18 °C) or lower for lows, 41.8 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ and 3.5 days of 100 °F (38 °C)+ for highs.^[102] The city straddles the boundary of USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5b and 6a.^[103] Temperature extremes have ranged from −33 °F (−36.1 °C) on January 12, 1974, to 115 °F (46.1 °C) on July 25, 1936. Readings as high as 105 °F (41 °C) or as low as −20 °F (−29 °C) occur somewhat rarely; the last occurrence of each was August 24, 2023 and February 16, 2021. The second lowest temperature ever recorded in Lincoln was −31 °F (−35.0 °C) on February 16, 2021, which broke the monthly record of −26 °F (−32.2 °C) set a day earlier.^[102] It occurred during the wider February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm, which impacted the Great Plains, Midwestern and Northeastern United States as a whole.^[104]

On May 5, 2019, an EF2 tornado hit parts of western Lincoln, although no major injuries occurred.^[105] On April 26, 2024, a stronger EF3 tornado destroyed the Garner Industries building in northeast Lincoln, causing three injuries.^[106][107] However, in recent years with the changing climate, severe hail and windstorms have become increasingly more common.^[108][109] Based on 30-year averages obtained from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center for December, January and February, the Weather Channel ranked Lincoln the seventh-coldest major U.S. city in a 2014 article.^[110] In 2014, the Lincoln-Beatrice area was among the "Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution" in the American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2014" report.^[111]

The 2020 United States census^[125] counted 291,082 people, 115,930 households, and 67,277 families in Lincoln. The population density was 2,937.6 per square mile (1,134.2/km²). There were 122,048 housing units at an average density of 1,231.7 per square mile (475.6/km²). The racial makeup was 78.66% (228,956) White, 4.67% (13,605) Black or African-American, 0.89% (2,589) Native American, 4.77% (13,871) Asian, 0.07% (196) Pacific Islander, 3.5% (10,175) from other races, and 7.45% (21,690) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.0% (22,321) of the population.

Of the 115,930 households, 26.9% had children under the age of 18; 43.8% were married couples living together; 27.1% had a female householder with no husband present. 31.0% of households consisted of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 3.0.

21.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 15.7% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 100.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 99.4 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey^[126] estimates show that the median household income was $60,063 (with a margin of error of +/- $1,248) and the median family income $79,395 (+/- $1,992). Males had a median income of $37,646 (+/- $1,251) versus $27,411 (+/- $805) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $31,869 (+/- $455). Approximately, 7.5% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those ages 65 or over.

According to the city's 2024 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,^[138] the principal employers of the city are:

1974 saw the establishment of a Kawasaki motorcycles assembly facility named the American Kawasaki Motors Corporation (KMC), to complete Japan-produced components into finished products for the North American market.^[51][139] Incorporated in 1981, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. (KMM) and assumed control of KMC. As of 2022, their webpresence named tallies "All-Terrain Vehicles, Utility Vehicles, Personal Watercraft, Recreation Utility Vehicles, and Passenger Rail Cars" as their range.^[140][141]

Kawasaki is one of Lincoln's largest private employers with over 2,400 employees, and it has the largest square footage of manufacturing space. Newer product lines are rail cars and aircraft cargo doors.^[142]

The Nebraska Air and Army National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters are in Lincoln along with other major units of the Nebraska National Guard.^[143] During the early years of the Cold War, the Lincoln Airport was the Lincoln Air Force Base;^[144] the Nebraska Air National Guard and the Nebraska Army National Guard now have joint-use facilities with the Lincoln Airport.^[145] Alongside the National Guard, the 55th Wing of Offutt Air Force Base was temporarily headquartered in Lincoln through September 2022.^[146]

شهدت مدينة لينكولن العديد من الفعاليات السنوية التي تعاقبت على مر الزمن، مثل يوم الفرق الموسيقية في حرم جامعة نبراسكا في لينكولن ^{[ 160 ]} وموكب ستار سيتي الاحتفالي. ^{[ 161 ]} ومع ذلك، بقيت بعض الفعاليات ثابتة بينما نشأت تقاليد جديدة. تشمل الفعاليات الثقافية السنوية الحالية في لينكولن ماراثون الحرس الوطني ونصف الماراثون في مايو، ^{[ 162 ]} واحتفالات لينكولن في أوائل يونيو، ^{[ 163 ]} ومهرجان العم سام الموسيقي في حوالي 3 يوليو، ^{[ 164 ]} وفعالية "بو آت ذا زو" في أكتوبر. ^{[ 165 ]} ومن الفعاليات المحلية الشهيرة سوق هاي ماركت للمزارعين، الذي يُقام من مايو إلى أكتوبر في هاي ماركت التاريخي، ^{[ 166 ]} وهو أحد أسواق المزارعين العديدة المنتشرة في أنحاء المدينة. ^{[ 167 ]}

تشمل المعالم السياحية والأنشطة حدائق صنكن جاردنز ، ^{[ 168 ]} ومباريات كرة السلة في بيناكل بانك أرينا، ^{[ 150 ]} وحديقة حيوانات لينكولن للأطفال ، ومتجر الألبان في الحرم الشرقي لجامعة نبراسكا-لينكولن، ^{[ 169 ]} وقبة مولر السماوية في الحرم الجامعي بالمدينة. ^{[ 170 ]} كما يوفر مبنى الكابيتول بولاية نبراسكا، ^{[ 171 ]} وهو أطول مبنى في لينكولن، ^{[ 172 ] جولات سياحية.}

يُعنى متحف سبيدواي موتورز للسرعة الأمريكية بحفظ وتفسير وعرض القطع الأثرية ذات الأهمية في تاريخ سباقات السيارات وصناعة السيارات. ^{[ 173 ]} أما المتحف الوطني للتزلج على العجلات فيسعى إلى تعزيز معرفة الجمهور بتاريخ هذه الرياضة والحفاظ على إرثها للأجيال القادمة. ^{[ 174 ]}

يُعدّ متحف ليستر إف. لارسن للجرارات ، الذي تديره جامعة نبراسكا-لينكولن، متحفًا صغيرًا يعرض جرارات أمريكية عتيقة ويوثّق تاريخ قانون اختبار الجرارات في نبراسكا. يقع المتحف في مبنى مختبر اختبار الجرارات الأصلي في نبراسكا، في الحرم الجامعي الشرقي. ^{[ 175 ]}

تُعرف مكتبة مدينة لينكولن بنظام المكتبات العامة في المدينة ، وتضم ثمانية فروع بالإضافة إلى مكتبة متنقلة . ^{[ 176 ]} وبحلول عام 2025، كانت مكتبات مدينة لينكولن تُعير ما يقارب ثلاثة ملايين مادة سنويًا لسكان لينكولن ومقاطعة لانكستر. ^{[ 177 ]} كما يضم نظام المكتبات مكتبة بولي للموسيقى وغرفة جين بوب جيسكي للتراث، المخصصة لمؤلفي نبراسكا. ^{[ 178 ] [ 179 ]}

مدارس لينكولن العامة (LPS) هي منطقة مدارس حكومية تشمل معظم حدود المدينة. ^{[ 208 ]} تضم ثماني مدارس ثانوية تقليدية: لينكولن الثانوية ، والمدرسة الشرقية ، والمدرسة الشمالية الشرقية ، والمدرسة الشمالية الغربية، ومدرسة النجمة الشمالية ، والمدرسة الجنوبية الشرقية ، والمدرسة الجنوبية الغربية ، ومدرسة ستاندينغ بير . كما تضم ​​مدارس لينكولن العامة برامج ثانوية متخصصة، منها برنامج تدريب ضباط الاحتياط التابع لسلاح الجو ، وبرنامج التركيز على الفنون والعلوم الإنسانية ، وبرنامج التركيز على الطيران والتعليم التقني، وبرنامج التركيز في مدرسة باي الثانوية، وبرنامج التركيز في كلية برايان للعلوم الصحية، وبرنامج البكالوريا الدولية في مدرسة لينكولن الثانوية، وبرنامج التركيز في إدارة الأعمال في نبراسكا، وبرنامج التركيز في العلوم (مدرسة حديقة الحيوان)، وأكاديمية المهن. ^{[ 209 ]} تشمل البرامج المتخصصة الأخرى مدرسة برايان المجتمعية، ومركز دون دي شيريل التعليمي، وبرنامج مسارات التخرج، وأكاديمية الاستقلال، ومركز نورنبرغر التعليمي، وبرنامج باثفايندر التعليمي، وبرنامج دعم الطلاب، ومركز يانكي هيل التعليمي. ^{[ 210 ]}

تقع بعض الأجزاء الخارجية من مدينة لينكولن في مناطق تعليمية أخرى: منطقة نوريس التعليمية 160 ومنطقة ويفرلي التعليمية 145. ^{[ 208 ]}

تنتشر في المنطقة عدة مدارس ابتدائية وإعدادية خاصة تابعة للأبرشيات. [ ^{211 ] وكما} هو الحال في مدارس لينكولن الحكومية، تُقسّم هذه المدارس إلى مناطق تعليمية، إلا أن معظمها يسمح بالدراسة خارج حدود المنطقة. أما المدارس الثانوية الخاصة في لينكولن فهي: أكاديمية كوليدج فيو، ومدرسة لينكولن المسيحية ، ومدرسة لينكولن اللوثرية ، ومدرسة باركفيو المسيحية، ومدرسة بيوس العاشر الثانوية . ^{[ 211 ]}

تضم مدينة لينكولن اثنتي عشرة كلية وجامعة. وتُعد جامعة نبراسكا-لينكولن ، الحرم الجامعي الرئيسي لنظام جامعة نبراسكا ، أكبر جامعة في نبراسكا، حيث بلغ عدد طلابها المسجلين 19,378 طالبًا في المرحلة الجامعية الأولى، و3,959 طالبًا في الدراسات العليا، و617 من المهنيين في عام 2025. ومن بين هؤلاء، كان 453 طالبًا في المرحلة الجامعية الأولى و1,094 طالبًا في الدراسات العليا/المهنيين من جنسيات مختلفة. وبوجود ما يقرب من 60 دولة ممثلة خارج الولايات المتحدة، كانت الدول الخمس التي سجلت أعلى نسبة التحاق دولي هي البرازيل والصين وغانا والهند وفيتنام. ^{[ 212 ]} وقد أدت المخاوف الأخيرة والمستمرة بشأن تأشيرات الطلاب على المستوى الوطني إلى انخفاض مطرد ومقلق في أعداد الطلاب الدوليين في الجامعة. ^{[ 213 ] [ 214 ]}

تضم جامعة نبراسكا ويسليان ، اعتبارًا من عام 2020، 1924 طالبًا في المرحلة الجامعية الأولى و151 طالبًا في الدراسات العليا. ^{[ 215 ]} وتُدرّس الجامعة وفقًا لتقاليد التعليم الجامعي في الفنون الحرة . وهي لا تزال تابعة للكنيسة الميثودية المتحدة . ^{[ 216 ]} أما جامعة يونيون أدفنتست فهي جامعة خاصة تابعة لكنيسة السبتيين، وهي جامعة مختلطة مدتها أربع سنوات، وقد بلغ عدد طلابها المسجلين 911 طالبًا في العام الدراسي 2013-2014. ^{[ 217 ] [ 218 ]}

تقدم كلية برايان للعلوم الصحية شهادات البكالوريوس في التمريض والمهن الصحية الأخرى، وشهادة الماجستير في التمريض، وشهادة الدكتوراه في ممارسة التخدير التمريضي، بالإضافة إلى برامج شهادات في المهن الصحية المساعدة. ^{[ 219 ]} وتشمل الجامعات التي لها فروع في لينكولن: جامعة بيلفيو ، ^{[ 220 ]} وجامعة كونكورديا (نبراسكا)، ^{[ 221 ]} وجامعة دوان . ^{[ 222 ]} كما تضم ​​لينكولن كلية تصميم الشعر وكلية جوزيف للتجميل. ^{[ 223 ] [ 224 ]}

Southeast Community College is a community college system in southeastern Nebraska, with three campuses in Lincoln and an enrollment of 9,505 students as of spring 2024. The two-year Academic Transfer program is popular among students who want to complete their general education requirements before they enroll in a four-year institution. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the most popular transfer location.^[225][226]

Lincoln has four licensed broadcast full power television stations; and one serving the city, but licensed to an area outside its limits:^[227]

• KSNB-TV (Channel 4; 4.1 DT) - NBC affiliate
  • MyNetworkTV affiliate 4.2
  • ION affiliate 4.3
  • Oxygen affiliate 4.5
  • Outlaw affiliate 4.6^[228]
• KLKN (Channel 8; 8.1 DT) – ABC affiliate
  • Grit affiliate 8.2
  • Ion Mystery affiliate 8.3
  • Laff affiliate 8.4
  • Bounce affiliate 8.6^[229]
• KOLN (Channel 10; 10.1 DT) – CBS affiliate
  • Start TV affiliate 10.2
  • Court TV affiliate 10.3
  • H&I affiliate 10.4
  • 365BLK affiliate 10.5
  • True Crime Network affiliate 10.6^[230]
• KUON (Channel 12; 12.1 DT) – PBS affiliate, Nebraska Public Media Television flagship station
  • NE-W (World)
  • NE-C (Create)
  • NE-KIDS (PBS Kids)
  • NE-FNX (First Nations Experience) affiliate^[231]
• KFXL (Channel 15; 51.1 DT) – Fox affiliate^[232]

يقع المقر الرئيسي لهيئة الإعلام العامة في نبراسكا ، التابعة لهيئة الإذاعة العامة وهيئة الإذاعة الوطنية العامة ، في مدينة لينكولن. ^{[ 233 ]} وتضم المدينة محطتين تلفزيونيتين رقميتين منخفضتي الطاقة في منطقة لينكولن: الأولى هي محطة KFDY-LD (بث متزامن مع KOHA-LD ) المملوكة لشركة Flood Communications of Nebraska LLC، والتي تبث برامجها على شبكة Telemundo الرئيسية الناطقة بالإسبانية على التردد 27.1، وشبكة NCN (المستقلة) على التردد 27.2، وشبكة 3ABN الدينية على التردد 27.3 في منطقة لينكولن فقط، على القناة الافتراضية 27 والقناة الرقمية 27؛ والثانية هي محطة KCWH-LD الرقمية منخفضة الطاقة التابعة لشبكة CW+ ، والمملوكة لشركة Gray على التردد 18.1، والتي تبث قنوات فرعية مثل Ion على التردد 18.2، و CBS (بث متزامن مع KOLN ) على التردد 18.3. ^{[ 227 ]}

يوجد في مدينة لينكولن 18 محطة إذاعية مرخصة، هذا بالإضافة إلى المحطات المرخصة خارج المدينة والتي تغطي منطقة لينكولن. كما تستقبل معظم مناطق لينكولن إشارات إذاعية من أوماها والمناطق المحيطة بها.

تشمل محطات FM ما يلي: ^{[ 234 ]}

• KLCV (88.5) – برنامج ديني
• KZUM (89.3) – إذاعة مجتمعية مستقلة
• KRNU (90.3) – إذاعة بديلة / إذاعة جامعة نبراسكا-لينكولن
• KUCV (91.1) – الإذاعة الوطنية العامة
• K220GT (91.9) – موسيقى مسيحية معاصرة
• K233AN (94.5) – أفضل 40
• KNNA-LP (95.7) – محطة مسيحية
• KDPP-LP (97.3) - مجتمع مستقل / حضري
• K255CS (98.9) – كريستيان
• K257GN (99.3) - أخبار/حوار
• K268DF (101.5) – أخبار/حوار
• K277CA (103.3) – مكيف هواء ساخن
• KLNC (105.3) – موسيقى الروك الكلاسيكية
• KFRX (106.3) – أفضل 40 أغنية
• K294DJ (106.7) – كريستيان
• KBBK (107.3) – مكيف هواء ساخن
• KJTM-LP (107.9) – موسيقى مسيحية معاصرة

تشمل محطات AM ما يلي : ^{[ 235 ]}

• KFOR (1240) – أخبار/حوار
• KLIN (1400) – أخبار/حوار

The Lincoln Journal Star is the city's major daily newspaper.^[236] The Nebraska Examiner, headquartered in Lincoln, is an independent and non-profit state news publishing wire service.^[237]The Daily Nebraskan, UNL's student newspaper, publishes daily news on its website and a monthly print magazine, and The DailyER is the university's biweekly satirical paper.^[238][239] Other university newspapers include the Reveille, the official periodical campus paper of Nebraska Wesleyan University and the Clocktower, the official weekly campus paper of Union Adventist University.^[240][241]

تُزوّد ​​شركة لينكولن إلكتريك سيستم (LES) مدينة لينكولن بالطاقة. تغطي منطقة خدمات LES مساحة 200 ميل مربع (520 كيلومترًا ^مربعًا ) ، وتخدم لينكولن والعديد من المجتمعات المحيطة بها. وبصفتها شركة مرافق عامة ، ^{[ 265 ]} اعتبارًا من عام 2023، تُعدّ أسعار الكهرباء لدى LES عاشر أدنى الأسعار في البلاد، وفقًا لدراسة سوق تنافسية على مستوى الولايات المتحدة أجرتها LES في عام 2025. ^{[ 266 ]} تتوزع مصادر الطاقة الحالية لشركة LES بين 35% من مصادر متجددة، و34% من النفط والغاز، و31% من الفحم. ^{[ 267 ]} وقد زادت مصادر الطاقة المتجددة جزئيًا بفضل إضافة محطة طاقة شمسية مملوكة لشركة LES بقدرة 5 ميغاواط ، تم تشغيلها في يونيو 2016. ^{[ 268 ]} تُنتج محطة الطاقة الشمسية طاقة كافية لتزويد 900 منزل بالكهرباء. ^{[ 269 ]} كانت مدينة إل إي إس تمتلك في السابق توربينين هوائيين ، وهما الأولان في الولاية، على الحافة الشمالية الشرقية للمدينة، ولكن تمت إزالتهما في عام 2024 بسبب قدمهما واستحواذ الولاية على جزء من العقار الذي كانا قائمين عليه. ^{[ 270 ]} 

تُزوَّد مدينة لينكولن بالمياه عبر نظام مياه لينكولن. ^{[ 271 ]} في عشرينيات القرن الماضي، شرعت مدينة لينكولن في بناء محطة لينكولن البلدية للإنارة والمياه (من تصميم فيسك وميجينيس ). وقد عمل المبنى كمركز رئيسي للمياه من الآبار القريبة والطاقة في لينكولن لعقود، إلى أن تم استبداله وتحويله إلى مبنى سكني. ^{[ 272 ]} يأتي معظم مياه لينكولن من آبار على طول نهر بلات بالقرب من آشلاند، نبراسكا . ^{[ 273 ]} ويتم تجميع مياه الصرف الصحي بدورها بواسطة نظام لينكولن للصرف الصحي. وتمتلك مدينة لينكولن كلا النظامين. ^{[ 274 ]}

يتم توفير الغاز الطبيعي من قبل شركة بلاك هيلز للطاقة . ^{[ 275 ]}

Landline telephone service has had a storied history within the regional Lincoln area with the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company, founded in 1880. In its history, LT&T introduced the first rotary dial telephone exchange in the U.S. in 1904; the first Radiotelephone in 1946; and piloted the first 911 system in the nation in 1968.^[276] Many years later, LT&T was renamed Aliant Communications and shortly thereafter merged in 1998 with Alltel.^[277] In 2006, Windstream Communications was formed with the spinoff of Alltel and a merge with VALOR Communications Group.^[278] Windstream Communications provides telephone service both over VoIP and conventional telephone circuits to the Lincoln area.^[279] Spectrum^[280] offers telephone service over VoIP on their cable network.^[281][282] In addition, ALLO Communications provides telephone, television and internet service over their underground fiber network to all parts of the city.^[283][284]

CHI Health St. Elizabeth

Bryan Medical Center East

Lincoln has three major hospitals within two health care systems serving the city: Bryan Health and CHI Health St. Elizabeth. Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital is a geriatric facility and a physical medicine & rehabilitation center. Lincoln has two specialty hospitals: Lincoln Surgical Hospital^[285] and the Nebraska Heart Institute.^[286] A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) is in Lincoln (Lincoln VA Clinic, part of the Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System).^[287]

يضم قسم شرطة لينكولن ما يقارب 375 ضابط شرطة. ويُعدّ معدل عدد أفراد الشرطة لكل فرد منخفضًا للغاية، حيث يبلغ 1.2 ضابط لكل 1000 نسمة ^{[ 288 ]} (بينما يبلغ المتوسط ​​حوالي 1.94 في عام 2020) ^{[ 289 ]} ، ويبلغ معدل جرائم العنف 354 جريمة لكل 100,000 نسمة. ^{[ د ] [ 290 ]} وقد حصل القسم على الاعتماد الوطني من قبل لجنة اعتماد وكالات إنفاذ القانون ^{[ 291 ]} ، وكان أول وكالة لإنفاذ القانون في نبراسكا تحصل على هذا الاعتماد. ويتشارك قسم شرطة لينكولن مقره الرئيسي مع مكتب شريف مقاطعة لانكستر. ^{[ 292 ] [ 293 ]}