Green Island
Green Island, 10.5 square miles of land in northwestern Cedar County, Nebraska bordering the Missouri River across from Yankton, SD, was home to Strahmburg a former town on the island.- Type: Locality
- Description: abandoned town in Nebraska, United States
- Also known as: “Green Island, Nebraska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meridian Highway Bridge and Discovery Bridge.
Meridian Highway Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Natedawg414, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Meridian Highway Bridge is a bridge that formerly carried U.S. Route 81 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota. The Meridian Highway Bridge connects Yankton, South Dakota with rural Cedar County, Nebraska.
Discovery Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Natedawg414, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Discovery Bridge is a bridge that carries US Route 81 across the Missouri River from the Nebraska border to the South Dakota border. The Discovery Bridge connects Yankton, South Dakota, with rural Cedar County, Nebraska.
Federal Prison Camp, Yankton
Prison
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
The Federal Prison Camp, Yankton is a minimum-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Yankton, South Dakota. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. Federal Prison Camp, Yankton is situated 2½ miles north of Green Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Yankton and Yankton.
South Yankton
Hamlet
South Yankton is a populated place in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States, located just south of Yankton, South Dakota, on U.S. Route 81. Gavins Point Dam is located four miles west of South Yankton on Nebraska Highway 121.
Yankton
Photo: Natedawg414, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in South Dakota, and it is the principal city of the Yankton…
Green Island
- Category: human-geographic territorial entity
- Location: Cedar, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.84665° or 42° 50′ 48″ northLongitude
-97.38341° or 97° 23′ 0″ westOpen location code
86J4RJW8+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5819946873OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q38249328
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Green Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Green Island”
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