Beatrice is located in Gage County (of which it is the county seat) 30 miles south of Lincoln between Cortland and Kansas state line along Highway 77 near the Big Blue River and Rockford Lake State Recreation Area.
Home of the State Genealogical Society.
Beatrice became a town on May 20, 1857, and the town was named Beatrice in honor of Julia Beatrice Kinney, eldest daughter of judge J. F. Kinney, first president of the Nebraska Association. In 1873, Beatrice was incorporated, and it became a key town in the development of Nebraska.