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Opportunity,_Nebraska Latitude and Longitude:

42°35′46″N 98°30′04″W / 42.59611°N 98.50111°W / 42.59611; -98.50111
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Opportunity, Nebraska
Opportunity is located in Nebraska
Opportunity
Opportunity
Location within Nebraska
Opportunity is located in the United States
Opportunity
Opportunity
Opportunity (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°35′46″N 98°30′04″W / 42.59611°N 98.50111°W / 42.59611; -98.50111
CountryUnited States
State Nebraska
County Holt
Elevation
1,923 ft (586 m)
Time zone UTC-6 ( Central (CST))
 • Summer ( DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 402
GNIS feature ID831884 [1]

Opportunity is an unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. [1]

History

Opportunity was so named because its founders saw a good opportunity to establish a post office and store there. [2] The Opportunity post office operated between 1910 and 1942. [3]

Notable person

Fern Hubbard Orme (1903–1993), Nebraska state legislator and educator, was born in Opportunity. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Opportunity". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 78. ISBN  0-8032-5060-6. A 1925 edition is available for download at University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
  3. ^ "Holt County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  4. ^ Nebraska Legislature-Sen. Fern Hubbard Orme