About the town » Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States

Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska.Scottsbluff was founded in 1900 across the North Platte River from its namesake, a bluff that is now a U.S. National Park called Scotts Bluff National Monument. The smaller town of Gering had been founded south of the river in 1887. The two cities have since grown together to form the 7th largest urban area (Scottsbluff Micropolitan Statistical Area) in Nebraska.The nearby Western Nebraska Regional Airport (BFF) is the third-busiest airport in Nebraska in terms of passenger boardings.