Columbus, NE
Columbus is the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska, situated at the confluence of the Loup and Platte rivers roughly 85 miles 137 km west-northwest of Omaha and 75 miles 121 km northwest of Lincoln by road, near the county's southern edge. With an estimated population of 25,248 as of 2025, it is the 8th-most populous city in Nebraska. Source: Wikipedia