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Grand Island is a city and county seat of Hall County in central Nebraska. It covers 28.3 sq mi (73.3 sq km) and has a population of 49,000 people (2011 estimate). It is the main city within the Grand Island Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Hall, Merrick and Howard counties.

Guide to Grand Island Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Grand Island that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Grand Island, Nebraska
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More on Grand Island

Grand Island got its name because the initial settlement, established by a group of 35 German settlers in 1857, was located on an island between the Wood River and the Platte River. Later on a proper town was established inland from the island.

Grand Island grew as a farming town. Among the main crops grown here are sugar beets. The town was hit by seven tornadoes on 3 June, 1980, causing widespread destruction and killing five people.

Visiting Grand Island

Take Interstate 80 to Exit 312 and continue north on Tom Osborne Expressway (US Highway 34).

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