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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Nebraska Symbols

Nebraska State Village of Lights

Cody

Cody was incorporated in 1901.

Adopted on December 11, 1997.

On Dec. 11, 1997, Gov. Ben Nelson declared Cody to be Nebraska's official Village of Lights

Cody is a village in Cherry County. The community is in the Mountain Standard/Central Standard time zone.

The latitude of Cody is 42.935N. The longitude is -101.244W.
The estimated population, in 2003, was 147.
The community was named for Thomas Cody, construction crew foreman
34% of Cody residents report German ancestry, and 26% report Irish.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.