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Paddock, Holt County, Nebraska
Paddock is an unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Paddock in the 1870s. It was named for Algernon Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a United States Republican Party, Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born ..., a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Paddock was the county seat of Holt County from 1876 to 1879.A. T. Andreas"History of the state of Nebraska" ''The Western Historical Company'', 1882 (transcribed by Susan Martin-Rott). Retrieved 2010-03-03. References Unincorporated communities in Holt County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{HoltCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Uninc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holt County, Nebraska
Holt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,127. Its county seat is O'Neill. Holt County is in the Outback area of Nebraska. In the Nebraska license plate system, Holt County is represented by the prefix 36 (it had the 36th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). History Holt County was created by an act of the Nebraska Territory Legislature in 1862, and was organized in 1876. It is named for Joseph Holt of Kentucky, who was postmaster general and secretary of war under President James Buchanan. It shares its name with Holt County, Missouri, though it is named for a different Holt. Geography The terrain of Holt County consists of low, rolling hills, with the flattened areas used for agriculture. The Niobrara River flows eastward along the north line of the county, and the Elkhorn River flows southeastward through the upper central portion of the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota ( Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nebraska's area is just over with a population of over 1.9 million. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a United States Republican Party, Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His father, Ira Paddock, was a prominent lawyer. Algernon lived in upstate New York until the age of 27, attending Glens Falls Academy and Union College, teaching school and studying law. He visited a brother in Detroit, Michigan, for three months after college, but then returned to New York. The anti-polygamist activist Cornelia Paddock was the wife of Paddock's cousin, Alonzo Paddock. Settling in Omaha In 1857, Paddock left New York and settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he started a family and a farm practice. He became a member of the United States Republican Party in which he would be active for the rest of his life. He successfully ran for a seat in the Nebraska Territory house of representatives in 1859. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Holt County, Nebraska
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated associations are one vehicle for people to cooperate towards a common goal. The range of possible unincorporated associations is nearly limitless, but typical examples are: :* An amateur football team who agree to hire a pitch onc ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
