Fremont (Nebraska)

Fremont (Nebraska), city, seat of Dodge County, eastern Nebraska, on the Platte River; incorporated 1871. It is a regional agricultural processing and health-care center. Manufactures include processed poultry, soybeans, and flour, and building materials. Midland Lutheran College (1883) is here. Founded by homesteaders in 1856 and named for the army officer and explorer John C. Frémont, a presidential candidate that year, it grew as a stopping place on the California and Mormon trails. It became an agricultural market center with the arrival of the railroad in 1866. Population 23,979 (1980); 23,680 (1990); 25,174 (2000); 25,314 (2005 estimate).