Crete
Crete is the most populous city of Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,099 at the 2020 census. The city is home to Doane University.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,310 residents
- Description: city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States
- Also known as: “Blue River City”, “Crete, NE”, and “Crete, Nebraska”
- Postal code: 68333
Places of Interest
Highlights include Telocvicna Jednota "T.J." Sokol Hall and Boswell Observatory.
Telocvicna Jednota "T.J." Sokol Hall
Historic building
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The Telocvicna Jednota "T.J." Sokol Hall, also known as Crete Sokol Hall or SA01-176, is an historic building located in Crete, Nebraska that was built in 1915.
Boswell Observatory
Observatory
Boswell Observatory is located at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Built in 1883, it was primarily a time service observatory and student teaching observatory and is the oldest building on Doan's campus that remains functional today.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berks and Kramer.
Berks
Hamlet
Photo: Paltron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Berks is an unincorporated community in Lancaster and Saline counties in Nebraska, United States. The community is located approximately three miles northeast of Crete on the BNSF Railroad Line and north of Nebraska Highway 33. Berks is situated 3½ miles northeast of Crete.
Kramer
Hamlet
Photo: Dysalot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kramer is an unincorporated rural village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. There is a grainary there, a restaurant, and a community hall, and no other businesses or services. The population was 26 at the 2020 census. Kramer is situated 5 miles southeast of Crete.
Crete
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: City of Crete, Saline, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.62566° or 40° 37′ 32″ northLongitude
-96.96139° or 96° 57′ 41″ westPopulation
6,310Elevation
1,352 feet (412 metres)United Nations Location Code
US CTFOpen location code
86G5J2GQ+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 151342080OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Crete” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريت”
- Basque: “Crete”
- Catalan: “Crete”
- Cebuano: “Crete”
- Chechen: “Крит”
- Chinese: “Crete”
- Chinese: “克里特”
- Croatian: “Crete”
- Czech: “Crete”
- Danish: “Crete”
- Dutch: “Crete”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريت”
- French: “Crete”
- German: “Crete”
- Gilaki: “کریت (نبراسکا)”
- Gilaki: “کریت”
- Haitian: “Crete, Nebraska”
- Haitian: “Crete”
- Irish: “Crete”
- Italian: “Crete”
- Japanese: “クリート”
- Kazakh: “Grït”
- Kazakh: “Грит”
- Kazakh: “گرىيت”
- Kirghiz: “Грит”
- Ladin: “Crete”
- Malagasy: “Crete, Nebraska”
- Malagasy: “Crete”
- Mazanderani: “کریت (نبراسکا)”
- Mazanderani: “کریت”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Crete”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Crete”
- Norwegian: “Crete”
- Persian: “کریت، نبراسکا”
- Persian: “کریت”
- Polish: “Crete”
- Portuguese: “Crete”
- Russian: “Крит”
- Serbian: “Крит”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crete, Nebraska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crete”
- Slovak: “Crete”
- South Azerbaijani: “کریت، نبراسکا”
- Spanish: “Crete (Nebraska)”
- Spanish: “Crete”
- Swedish: “Crete, Nebraska”
- Swedish: “Crete”
- Tatar: “Крит”
- Ukrainian: “Крит”
- Uzbek: “Crete”
- Uzbek: “Cрете”
- Volapük: “Crete”
- Welsh: “Crete, Nebraska”
- Welsh: “Crete”
- “Crete”
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