The City of Gering, Nebraska, population 7,751, was founded in 1887 and is just east of Scotts Bluff National Monument, a well-known landmark on the Oregon Trail. Gering is located in Western Nebraska’s Scotts Bluff County, just 40 miles north of I-80. It is centrally located between the Colorado Front Range, Yellowstone National Park and Mount Rushmore. The City of Gering employs 74 full time employees and 65 part time/seasonal employees and is a full-service city providing electric utility, water service, sanitation, a city-owned convention center, RV Park, amphitheater and golf course.