Lebanon, Nebraska
village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States
Lebanon is a village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lebanon had a population of 46.
History
Lebanon was platted in 1887 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. Its name commemorates the Cedars of Lebanon.
In April 1955 Charles Harris, a delegate chosen by the Mayor of Lebanon, was part of a delegation of forty mayors of American cities called "Lebanon" which was invited to the Middle East by the government of the country Lebanon. The mayor of Lebanon in 1955 was Chester Keith, who couldn't go due to his age. When visiting Jerusalem, then partitioned between Israel and Jordan, Harris accidentally crossed the border and was shot to death by a Jordanian soldier. At the time, his death sparked a major international incident, with the UN launching an investigation, Israel and Jordan each putting the blame on the other.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 80 people, 33 households, and 21 families residing in the village.
“Lebanon, Nebraska” enters the record as village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lebanon, Nebraska and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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