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Events on Friday 1 March 1867 1
1867Nebraska admitted as the 37th US stateStatehood follows homesteading-driven population growthNebraska joined the United States as its 37th state on March 1, 1867. Rapid settlement under the Homestead Act had swelled its population enough to qualify for statehood. Lincoln was later chosen as the new state's capital.