Gering

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Gering

Total population

8,550

Median home value

$186,500

32.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$75,093

Gering$75k

National$74k

Weather76°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates41.83°, -103.66°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gering is a city in and the county seat of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States, in the Panhandle region of the state. The population was 8,564 at the 2020 census, making it the 17th most populous city in Nebraska.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Gering, NE from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Adrian Smith

American politician

Randy Meisner

American musician and founding member of the Eagles (1946–2023)

Robert G. Simmons

American politician (1891–1969)

B

Brook Berringer

American football player (1973-1996)

Galen B. Jackman

United States general

H

Hank Bauer

American football player

J

J. McVicker Hunt

American psychologist (1906–1991)

K

Kelly Stouffer

American football player

M

Michael Detlefsen

American logician

P

Philip Erdman

American politician

L

Larry Donovan

American football coach

Dennis Shepard

Father of Matthew Shepard and oil industry safety specialist

K

Kenneth M. Sayre

American philosopher (1928–2022)

H

Hugh H. Genoways

zoologist

C

Clyde Jones

mammalogist

D

Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols

Native American activist and FBI informant

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nebraska

• Melbeta
  8.1 mi away · pop. 146
• Morrill
  16.5 mi away
• Harrisburg
  19.4 mi away
• Kimball
  41.1 mi away
• Berea
  43.9 mi away · pop. 9
• Alliance
  44.7 mi away · pop. 8,075
• Hemingford
  45.5 mi away
• Dalton
  46 mi away · pop. 435
• Potter
  46 mi away
• Gurley
  49.9 mi away
• Crawford
  60.6 mi away
• Harrison
  60.6 mi away · pop. 218

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gering

History of Gering, Nebraska

1989

New members of the Gering Formation (Miocene) in western Nebraska

Carl F. Vondra · 1969

Gering, Scottsbluff, and Terrytown

2009

New rodents from the lower Miocene Gering Formation of western Nebraska

Larry D. Martin · 1974

Environmental assessment

United States. Western Area Power Administration. Loveland Area Office · 1995

The Brule-Gering (Oligocene-Miocene) contact in the Wildcat Ridge area of western Nebraska

C. Bertrand Schultz · 1967

Nebraska

Ann Heinrichs · 2004

Portraits of Nebraska

2004

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 86 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 112 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 123 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 123 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 139 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 145 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 145 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 194 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).