Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 53,131 at the 2020 census, making it the 4th most populous city in Nebraska. Grand Island is the principal city of the Grand Island metropolitan area, which consists of Hall, Merrick, and Howard counties. The Grand Island metropolitan area has an official population of 83,472 residents.
Midwest
Grand Island
Hall County, NE
Population
52,822
Walk Score
85 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$886
Median home value
$183,700
Founded
1857
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- 4th Street Commercial Historic District · listed 2019
- Grand Island Historic District · listed 2017
- Grand Island VA Hospital · listed 2018
- Soldiers and Sailors Home · listed 2021
Notable landmarks
- Bartenbach, H. J., House · listed 1986
- Burlington Railroad Depot · listed 2014
- Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary · listed 1982
- Evangelische Lutherische Dreienigkeit Kirche · listed 1986
- Giese, Heinrich, House · listed 2006
- Glade-Donald House · listed 1985
- Grand Island Carnegie Library · listed 1975
- Grand Island FCC Monitoring Station · listed 1973
- Grand Island Senior High School · listed 1999
- Grand Island United States Post Office and Courthouse · listed 2006
- Hall County Courthouse · listed 1977
- Hamilton-Donald House · listed 1986
- Hargis, Andrew M., House · listed 1978
- Hedde Building
- Hotel Yancey (The) · listed 1984
- Huff, Lee, Apartment Complex · listed 1994
- Liederkranz · listed 1978
- Lincoln Highway-Grand Island Seedling Mile · listed 2013
- Roeser, Oscar, House · listed 1982
- Shady Bend Gas Station, Grocery, and Diner · listed 2008
- Stolley, William, Homestead and Site of Fort Independence · listed 1972
- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer · listed 2015
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