Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the 2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958, making it the nation's 44th-largest city; this had increased to 446,970 as of a 2016 estimate. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2013, with an estimated population of 895,151 residing in eight counties. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, Nebraska-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2013 estimate. Nearly 1.3 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, comprising a 50-mile (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha, the city's center. 

Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West". Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub. Throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the world's largest, and its meatpacking plants gained international prominence.
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speculators
 the city was founded by speculators
Council Bluffs
speculators from neighboring Council Bluff
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
1854
1854, when the city was founded 
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on the Missouri River
the Missouri River
the Missouri River
the Gateway to the West
its nickname, the "Gateway to the West
the World's Fair
1898, when it played host to the World's Fair
the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Midwestern
Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States 
it became a national transportation hub
central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub
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along with its railroads and breweries.
railroads
9th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads 
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Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska 
Douglas County
Douglas County
Omaha-Council Bluffs
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area,
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 includes Council Bluffs, Iowa
408,958
2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958