Editing Tekamah, Nebraska

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Tekamah, Nebraska
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|population_total         = 1714
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'''Tekamah''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: tə-keɪ-mə, pronounced "teh-KAY-muh")<ref name=pronunciation>[http://www.ap.org/nebraska/pronunciation.htm Nebraska Pronunciation Guide.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312013606/http://www.ap.org/nebraska/pronunciation.htm |date=2010-03-12 }}  [http://www.ap.org/nebraska/index.html Associated Press.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310084325/http://www.ap.org/nebraska/index.html |date=2010-03-10 }}  [https://web.archive.org/web/20100312013606/http://www.ap.org/nebraska/pronunciation.htm Archived 2010-03-12] at Wayback Machine.</ref> is a city in [[Burt County, Nebraska]], United States. The population was 1,714 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the [[county seat]] of Burt County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

==History==
Tekamah was founded in October 1854 by Benjamin R. Folsom, and incorporated on March 14, 1855.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/burt/tekamah/ | title=Tekamah, Burt County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=31 July 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055358/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/burt/tekamah/ | archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ON6kaw0nXIC&pg=PA31 | title=The Complete Roadside Guide to Nebraska | publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] | author=Boye, Alan | year=2007 | pages=31| isbn=978-0803233782 }}</ref> The name is derived from the [[Omaha language]], meaning "big cottonwood".<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA194|year=1908|page=194}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://omahaponca.unl.edu/english/browse/b/page:11 | title= Omaha & Ponca Digital Dictionary | publisher=University of Nebraska | author= Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln | access-date=4 September 2020}} toⁿgá large, big, great</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://omahaponca.unl.edu/english/browse/b/page:18 | title= Omaha & Ponca Digital Dictionary | publisher=University of Nebraska | author= Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln | access-date=4 September 2020}} má'a cottonwood tree; ''Populus canadensis''.</ref> Its development was stimulated by the construction of railroads through the area, such as the Chicago & North Western, which have since been taken out of Tekamah.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.32|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-06-24|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-07-02}}</ref>

===Climate===
This [[climate|climatic]] region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Tekamah has a [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=84852&cityname=Tekamah%2C+Nebraska%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Tekamah, Nebraska]</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Tekamah, Nebraska (1991–2020, extremes 1893–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 70
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 100
|May record high F = 105
|Jun record high F = 109
|Jul record high F = 113
|Aug record high F = 110
|Sep record high F = 107
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 70
|year record high F = 113

|Jan avg record high F = 53.2
|Feb avg record high F = 59.0
|Mar avg record high F = 75.0
|Apr avg record high F = 85.6
|May avg record high F = 91.0
|Jun avg record high F = 94.6
|Jul avg record high F = 97.1
|Aug avg record high F = 95.5
|Sep avg record high F = 92.2
|Oct avg record high F = 86.7
|Nov avg record high F = 71.1
|Dec avg record high F = 56.7
|year avg record high F = 98.8

|Jan high F = 32.6
|Feb high F = 37.8
|Mar high F = 51.1
|Apr high F = 64.2
|May high F = 74.9
|Jun high F = 84.8
|Jul high F = 88.4
|Aug high F = 86.4
|Sep high F = 80.1
|Oct high F = 67.0
|Nov high F = 50.4
|Dec high F = 37.0
|year high F = 62.9
|Jan mean F = 21.5
|Feb mean F = 25.8
|Mar mean F = 37.9
|Apr mean F = 49.7
|May mean F = 61.6
|Jun mean F = 72.0
|Jul mean F = 75.6
|Aug mean F = 73.2
|Sep mean F = 65.4
|Oct mean F = 52.6
|Nov mean F = 37.9
|Dec mean F = 26.3
|year mean F = 50.0
|Jan low F = 10.4
|Feb low F = 13.7
|Mar low F = 24.7
|Apr low F = 35.3
|May low F = 48.4
|Jun low F = 59.1
|Jul low F = 62.8
|Aug low F = 60.1
|Sep low F = 50.7
|Oct low F = 38.1
|Nov low F = 25.4
|Dec low F = 15.6
|year low F = 37.0

|Jan avg record low F = -7.7
|Feb avg record low F = -4.2
|Mar avg record low F = 6.5
|Apr avg record low F = 22.7
|May avg record low F = 36.0
|Jun avg record low F = 48.5
|Jul avg record low F = 53.6
|Aug avg record low F = 51.5
|Sep avg record low F = 37.4
|Oct avg record low F = 23.9
|Nov avg record low F = 10.2
|Dec avg record low F = -2.0
|year avg record low F = -11.2

|Jan record low F = −37
|Feb record low F = −33
|Mar record low F = −19
|Apr record low F = 5
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 41
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 23
|Oct record low F = -1
|Nov record low F = −11
|Dec record low F = −26
|year record low F = -37
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.75
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.89
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.76
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.60
|May precipitation inch = 4.52
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.59
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.02
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.90
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.56
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.35
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.45
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.08
|year precipitation inch = 31.47
|Jan snow inch = 5.7
|Feb snow inch = 6.6
|Mar snow inch = 3.8
|Apr snow inch = 1.4
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.4
|Nov snow inch = 1.7
|Dec snow inch = 5.1
|year snow inch = 24.7
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.1
|Feb precipitation days = 4.3
|Mar precipitation days = 6.0
|Apr precipitation days = 9.0
|May precipitation days = 10.5
|Jun precipitation days = 9.6
|Jul precipitation days = 8.1
|Aug precipitation days = 7.5
|Sep precipitation days = 6.9
|Oct precipitation days = 6.3
|Nov precipitation days = 4.5
|Dec precipitation days = 4.6
|year precipitation days = 81.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 3.1
|Feb snow days = 2.8
|Mar snow days = 1.5
|Apr snow days = 0.5
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.3
|Nov snow days = 1.2
|Dec snow days = 2.8
|year snow days = 12.2
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=oax
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = November 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00258480&format=pdf
| title = Station: Tekamah, NE
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = November 14, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 122
|1880= 776
|1890= 1244
|1900= 1597
|1910= 1524
|1920= 1811
|1930= 1804
|1940= 1925
|1950= 1914
|1960= 1788
|1970= 1848
|1980= 1886
|1990= 1852
|2000= 1892
|2010= 1736
|2020= 1714
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref><br>2012 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|access-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archivedate=October 19, 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-06-24}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,736 people, 715 households, and 478 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1315.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 818 housing units at an average density of {{convert|619.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 715 households, of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.1% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age in the city was 44.1 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.8% were from 45 to 64; and 22.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 1,892 people, 778 households, and 522 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,492.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 833 housing units at an average density of {{convert|657.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.05% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.48% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.32% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.79% of the population.

There were 778 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $35,708, and the median income for a family was $41,688. Males had a median income of $30,650 versus $21,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,836. About 5.7% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Culture==
[[File:Tekamah sweetcorn festival.jpg|thumb|Tekamah's [[sweet corn]] festival, 2023]]
[[Tekamah Carnegie Library]] dates from 1916 and was expanded with an addition in 2013. [[Burt County Courthouse]] was also built in 1916; it features a colorful floor mosaic of the [[Seal of Nebraska]]. [[Tekamah Auditorium]] hosts cultural events including the annual feast of the Burt County Cattlemen. The Burt County Museum is in the E.C. Houston House, built in 1904.

Tekamah has a [[craft cocktail]] bar in the bank vault of the former Burt County Bank.

The people of Tekamah celebrate an annual [[sweet corn]] festival.

==Notable people==
* [[Curt Bromm]], former Speaker of the [[Nebraska Legislature]]
* [[Hoot Gibson]], rodeo champion and early cowboy film actor, director, and producer
* [[Robert C. Holland]], economist, Federal Reserve Board Governor
* [[Don Stenberg]], State Treasurer of Nebraska and former State Attorney General

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tekamah.net City of Tekamah]
* [https://www.tekamah.life Tekamah Chamber of Commerce]

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