Welcome to Gothenburg! This is a guide to your new town. It has helpful information, good ideas and useful tips for living in this beautiful community. GENERAL INFORMATION
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Gothenburg is a beautiful town with lovely homes and tree-lined streets. There are two original Pony Express Stations, a Sod House Museum, the Gothenburg Historical Museum and our own little lake on the north edge of town. Non-motor boating and fishing is permitted at Lake Helen in the summer. Enjoy golf at the nationally ranked Wild Horse Golf Club. During the winter, sledding and ice skating are popular activities. Information on recreation and activities can be found through out this packet and at the Chamber of Commerce.
Gothenburg is located 300 miles from Denver, CO and about 240 miles from Omaha. Beautifully situated on the Platte River, the community sits near several lakes with many recreational opportunities.
HISTORY Gothenburg was founded by Olaf Bergstrom. Union Pacific laid out the original town of 8 blocks. These 8 blocks are parallel to the tracks, but not to the federal land grid system. William Ehmen acquired the second section and laid it out according to the grid system. This accounts for the unique bend in the streets outside of downtown. Swedes and Germans settled the area. The town was named for Goteborg, Sweden, but railroad officials gave it a German Spelling. The first business building was built in 1883 by E.G. West. The first news paper was published in May, 1885. Gothenburg became a town on July 8, 1885, after reaching a population of 300.
POPULATION The population of Gothenburg is 3,574. The community is constantly growing with new industry and is full of people who care about its future.
CLIMATE Month
Temperature High Low
January February March April May June July August September October November December
37 43 52 63 73 84 89 87 78 66 49 39
13 18 26 36 47 57 62 60 50 37 24 15
Gothenburg
PONY EXPRESS CAPITAL OF NEBRASKA
Precipitation Rain Snow (Inches) 0.36 5.9 0.23 6.0 1.21 7.6 1.80 2.9 3.52 .02 4.12 0.0 2.57 0.0 2.47 0.0 1.30 0.0 .083 0.9 0.53 3.4 0.41 5.7