Nebraska · Census place 3117145

Fort Calhoun, Nebraska

Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska with an estimated 1,102 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 109 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,102
#99 of 109 in Nebraska
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+11 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,597 / sq mi
State median 1,829
Orange pin: Fort Calhoun. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lincoln.

Fort Calhoun population, 2020 to 2024

Fort Calhoun added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,089. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fort Calhoun covers 0.69 square miles of land, for 1,597 people per square mile of land. The median Nebraska place of 5,000+ has 1,829, so Fort Calhoun is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fort Calhoun is in

All of Fort Calhoun's residents live in Washington County, which had 21,254 residents in 2024. Fort Calhoun holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fort Calhoun

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fort Calhoun by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 68023. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fort Calhoun is

The Census internal point of Fort Calhoun is at 41.456400, -96.026300. Lincoln, the capital, is 56.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blair, NE (7,999 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.456400, -96.026300
DMS
41°27'23.04"N 96°01'34.68"W
UTM
14N 748373.6E 4593693.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86H5FX4F+HF

Daylight in Fort Calhoun

At 41.46° N, Fort Calhoun gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fort Calhoun

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nebraska, measured between internal points. The closest is Blair, 8.2 miles away, with 7,999 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fort Calhoun, NE?

1,102 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (1.0%) from 1,091 in July 2020.

What county is Fort Calhoun in?

Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fort Calhoun?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 68023.

How far is Fort Calhoun from Lincoln?

56.9 miles (91.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fort Calhoun.

What is the nearest larger city to Fort Calhoun?

Blair, NE, with 7,999 residents, 8.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.