Kearney

city in and county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States
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Summary

Kearney is a city in the United States[1]. Kearney ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,563 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Buffalo County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Opava[6]
  • Postal code: 68845[7], 68847[8], 68848[9], 68849[10]
  • Commons category: Kearney, Nebraska[11]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[12]
  • Local dialing code: 308[13]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofkearney.org[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kearney, Nebraska[15]
  • Population: 20,341[16], 30,787[17], 33,790[18]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20], New International Encyclopedia[21]
  • Capital of: Buffalo County[22]
  • Official name: Kearney[23]
  • Category for people born here: Q61024706[24]
  • Number of households: 13,361[25]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kearney, Nebraska[26]
  • Different from: Kearney County[27]
  • Elevation above sea level: 656 m[28]
  • Area: 36.837632 km²[29], 33.686977 km²[30]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.7886 percent[31]
  • Territory overlaps: Kearney urban area[32]
  • Per capita income: 30,304 US dollars[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kearney include Kearney Regional Airport[34], an airport[35], in United States[36].

Why It Matters

Kearney has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Kearney is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Kearney include Kearney Regional Airport[34], an airport[35], in United States[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Buffalo County
    Official website → http://www.cityofkearney.org
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.7, 'lon': -99.083333333333}
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kearney, Nebraska
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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