Florence Park
The Florence Park is a city-owned public park in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Located at North 30th and State Streets, it is the oldest park and the oldest original town square in Nebraska, having been created by the original pioneers of the area in the 1840s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mormon Pioneer Cemetery and Notre Dame Academy and Convent.
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Avard Fairbanks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3300 State Street in the present-day Florence neighborhood at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Notre Dame Academy and Convent
School
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovak School Sisters de Notre Dame in the United States.
Florence Water Works
Waterworks
The Florence Water Works is located along John J. Pershing Drive in the Florence neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Home of the Minne Lusa Pumping Station, the Water Works has provided water throughout the city of Omaha since 1880.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Briggs and Debolt.
Briggs
Hamlet
Briggs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Briggs is situated 2½ miles northwest of Florence Park.
Debolt
Neighborhood
Debolt is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States, located approximately seven miles northwest of Omaha. A post office called Debolt or De Bolt was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1899. Debolt is situated 3 miles west of Florence Park.
Carter Lake
Town
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Carter Lake is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. A suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, it sits surrounding the south and west sides of the region's major airport, Eppley Airfield. Carter Lake is situated 4 miles southeast of Florence Park.
Florence Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Nebraska, United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Douglas, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.33567° or 41° 20′ 8″ northLongitude
-95.96097° or 95° 57′ 40″ westElevation
1,060 feet (323 metres)Open location code
86H682PQ+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 50600869OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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