Assisted Living in North Platte, NE

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Facts about North Platte

North Platte is also known as: Lincoln County / North Platte city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Stan David (american football player), Ryan Schultz (mixed martial artist), John Howell (american football player), Chris Ba?ak (baseball player), and Nathan Enderle (american football player).

And featured attractions of North Platte: Fox Theatre, Hotel Yancey, and Mid-Plains Community College.

North Platte is represented by Mayor Dwight Livingston.

North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River. The population was 24,733 at the 2010 census.North Platte is a railroad town; Union Pacific Railroad's large Bailey Yard is located within the city. Today, North Platte is served only by freight trains, but during World War II the city was famous for the North Platte Canteen. Tens of thousands of volunteers from North Platte and surrounding towns met the troop trains passing through North Platte, offering coffee, sandwiches and hospitality.North Platte is the principal city of the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Lincoln, Logan, and McPherson counties.

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