Martell, Nebraska
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|subdivision_name2 = Lancaster
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|area_total_km2 = 0.49
|area_land_km2 = 0.49
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 125
|population_density_km2 = 253.34
|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
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|elevation_ft = 1352
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|postal_code = 68404
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|blank_info = 31-30835
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|blank1_info = 2806914{{GNIS|2806914}}
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Martell (also Martel) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads southwest of the city of Lincoln, the county seat of Lancaster County and Nebraska's state capital.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 63. Although Martell is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 68404.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=68404 Zip Code Lookup]
History
Martell was named after Charles Martel, the 8th-century Duke of the Franks.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=93}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.] The community's name was also spelled Martel until the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Martell" in 1896.{{gnis|831066}}, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-03-09. Accessed 2008-04-26.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 125
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Lancaster County, Nebraska}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Lancaster County, Nebraska
Category:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska
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