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The area that would become South Omaha was rural until the early 1880s, when cattle baron Alexander Hamilton Swan decided to establish a stockyards operation just south of Omaha. The South Omaha plat was registered on July 18, 1884; two years later, South Omaha was incorporated as a city. By 1890, the city had grown to 8,000 people, a rate of growth that earned it the nickname of "The Magic City". In less than 10 years, South Omaha had become a stockyards and meat packing center, drawing in large numbers of immigrants, mostly from southern and eastern Europe. (The traditional border: North Side: Vinton Street, South Side: Harrison Street, East Side: The Missouri River, West Side: 42nd Street.) South Omaha was annexed by Omaha on June 20 1915. At that time it was 6.4 mi sq and had 40,000 residents. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Omaha%2C_Nebraska
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