[3] Settler George Green founded the town of Lincoln in 1870, naming it after the county.

Another vote in February 1872 reversed the switch, and Lincoln Center again became the county seat.

[5] The town was incorporated as the city of Lincoln Center in 1879, and is officially referred to as such in the United States Census.

[9][10] Lincoln grew rapidly over the following decade, more than doubling in size, and the city gradually modernized.

The Union Pacific Railroad opened a branch line through the city in 1886, bringing mail service.

In 1900, after the previous courthouse burned down, a new one was built out of native limestone known locally as post rock.

[14][15] The city lies on the north side of the Saline River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.

The confluence of the Saline and Lost Creek, another of the river's tributaries, is located immediately southwest of the city.

[16][17] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.24 square miles (3.21 km2), all land.

[19] The 2020 United States census counted 1,171 people, 522 households, and 296 families in Lincoln Center.

[30][31] As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,297 people, 576 households, and 324 families residing in the city.

[10] Lincoln Municipal Airport, a general aviation facility, is located roughly a mile northwest of the city on K-18.

[35] A line of the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad runs through the west side of the city.

During the episode, the couple relocated their 1910 Dutch Colonial to their farm and began renovations.