Online Highways Home > Nebraska > Hastings Hastings is located in Adams County and it is the county seat. It lies 24 miles south of Grand Island, between Ayr and Doniphan, along Highway 34/281. In 1871, the first home in Hastings was built by Walter Micklen. In 1872, the city was founded at the eastern terminus of the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad and named after railroad contractor Colonel Thomas D. Hastings. Today Hastings, population 24,000, is a wholesale agricultural distributing center. Hastings also is the birthplace of Kool-Aid. The city is home to Hastings College, a noted liberal arts insititution, the Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame and Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The area is accessible by birders to view the annual migration of cranes and waterfowl as they take rest stops in the Rainwater Basin and along the Platte River. For hunters, nearby Bunker Hill Hunting Preserve offers upland bird, waterfowl and big-game hunting. Hastings also is near Crystal Lake State Recreational Area. Education Champions Sports and Recreation Center | History Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural | Public Libraries Hastings Public Library | Hastings Public Library | Motels, Hotels and Resorts Best Western North Shore Lodge | Comfort Inn | Comfort Inn Hastings | Grand Motel | Holiday Inn | Midlands Lodge | Rainbow Motel | Super 8 | Super 8 Hastings, NE | USA Inns | X-L Motel | Nebraska Counties Adams County | Residential and Commercial Real Estate Benchmark Real Estate | Ruhter Auction and Realty | Ruhter Auction and Realty | Science Hastings 4 N | Hastings Museum and McDonald Planetarium | Shopping Hidden Treasures Antique and Flea Market | Imperial Mall | Transportation Hastings Municipal Airport | See more Nebraska Cities and Towns. Other upcoming events include:

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bookstreet "Max Hastings book on Churchill as Warlord 'Finest Years' is now in stock!"
bacon_sandwich "@gfroome Cab for one to East Hastings!"
LawlessVillage "Shared: Netflix Is the iPod of Broadband: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings shed a little light on the actual co.. http://bit.ly/3U23QU"
VicAdvocate "Local author to sign books Saturday at Hastings http://bit.ly/1d6ccp"
deborah729 "@treyhunnicutt I'm just doing Wesleyan. Other people tried for Hastings today, but I have a show choir competition on that weekend"
TreyHunnicutt "@deborah729 yep. so far I've tried out for UNO Hastings and UNK. and I think next week I'll try out for Wesleyan. which ones have you done?"
WBOB1320JAX "Boys Home Sued for Alleged Abuse : HASTINGS, Fla.ufffd-- A teenager claims he was abused by an employeeufffdat a Depart.. http://bit.ly/369sX6"
dancingbrandon "@J_boi55 idk I know me and @drdollaz we are having a meeting at hastings"
Eelus "@iainlobb we'll stay in Hastings for now probably, just need a different house."
amaybabyy "i hate hastings wi-fi..blehhh"
lisanakamura "La Taqueria on Hastings has delish tacos. Will be back next week."
BriannaJoyNoDuh "http://twitpic.com/pa4bl - My World in the Hastings mag!"
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MolliK "Katie and I are off to orientation at Crittenton Hastings!"
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