Bethany, Nebraska

Neighborhood in Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Community 40°49′57″N 96°38′00″W / 40.83250°N 96.63333°W / 40.83250; -96.63333CountryUnited StatesStateNebraskaCountyLancasterIncorporated1890Annexed by Lincoln, Nebraska1922Elevation

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1,224 ft (373 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

68505

Area code402FIPS code31-04720GNIS feature ID827360^[1]

Bethany is a neighborhood and former town in the northeast region of the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.^[1]

History

In 1889, Nebraska Christian University was established east of University Place, a town east of Lincoln centered around Nebraska Wesleyan University.^[2] The town was incorporated as Bethany Heights in 1890 and the college was renamed Cotner College.^[2] The town was named after the biblical village of Bethany, Palestine.^[3]

Bethany Heights did not enjoy the same success as Lincoln's other satellite communities.^[4] In 1920, Bethany Heights reported a population of 1,078.^[4] By comparison, University Place and College View, two other suburbs centered around religious colleges, reported populations of over 4,000 and 2,200 respectively.^[4] Havelock, a suburb near Bethany, reported 3,600 residents in 1920.^[4] Residents of Bethany Heights relied upon Lincoln for most services, including hospitals, lawyers, doctors, train depots, hotels, dry goods, and even cemeteries.^[4] Due to this reliance, the town voted to be annexed as Bethany by the city of Lincoln in 1922.^[2] However, the annexation did not come into effect until 1926 because its neighbor, University Place, had to be annexed first in order to create contiguous city limits.^[2]

Unlike other Lincoln suburbs, such as Havelock, University Place, and College View, very little remains of the original town.^[4] Cotner College was demolished in the early 1950s and the land on which it stood was divided into single-family residential lots.^[4] The First State Bank of Bethany Heights is one of few landmarks from the original town and is not closely associated with the college or the town's foundation.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bethany, Nebraska
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lincoln Lancaster County". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Virtual Nebraska. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
^ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 91. ISBN 0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Beattie, James A., House". National Register of Historic Places.

City of Lincoln

Neighborhoods

Bethany
College View
Haymarket District

Education

High schools	College View Academy Lincoln Christian Lincoln Lutheran Lincoln Public Schools Lincoln East North Star Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest Standing Bear Arts and Humanities Focus Program Science Focus Program Parkview Christian Pius X University of Nebraska
Colleges and universities	Lincoln Business College Nebraska Wesleyan University Southeast Community College Union Adventist University University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Other	Norris School District 160 Waverly School District 145

Transportation

Lincoln Airport
Lincoln station
StarTran
Union Airport

Landmarks and museums

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States
County seat: Lincoln
Cities	Bennet Hickman Lincoln Waverly	Map of Nebraska highlighting Lancaster County
Villages	Davey Denton Firth Hallam Malcolm Panama Raymond Roca Sprague
CDPs	Agnew Cheney Emerald Kramer Martell Prairie Home Princeton Walton Yankee Hill
Other communities	Arbor Berks‡ Bethany College View Holland Rokeby Saltillo
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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