• Fremont was founded in 1856.

• It is the county seat of Dodge County and the sixth largest city in Nebraska with about 25,000 residents.

• Fremont lies in a valley between the Platte and Elkhorn rivers; it is about 35 miles northwest of Omaha and 50 miles northeast of Lincoln, the state capitol.

• A first-class city, Fremont has a mayor, city council, city administrator form of government.

• City residents own the electric, natural gas, water and sewer utilities and garbage transfer station.

• Fremont is an agribusiness community with a varied manufacturing base and strong retail centers, auto dealers and service businesses.

• Fremont's altitude is 1,203 feet above sea level.

• The city covers about seven square miles.

• Fremont has four interchanges with U.S. Highway 275.

• Climate and weather:

Mean temperature - 51.7 degrees Average high - 77 degrees Average low - 29 degrees Average last spring freeze - April 14 Average first fall freeze - Oct. 24 Precipitation - about 30 inches per year.