Ralston is a city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States.

A suburb of Omaha, Ralston is surrounded on three sides by the city of Omaha by 84th, 72nd, and L Streets, and by Sarpy County (Harrison Street) on the south side.

The area of the townsite was established on May 23, 1907, with the sale of 282.7 acres (114.4 ha; 1,144,000 m2) of land owned by Omaha newspaper editor George L. Miller to the Ralston Investment Company.

A year later the town was platted by future Omaha mayor Roy N.

[3] The still nascent village experienced a devastating blow to its development on Easter, March 23, 1913, when a tornado tore through the downtown area.

The 2020 United States census[9] counted 6,494 people, 3,092 households, and 1,805 families in Ralston.

33.1% of households consisted of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[12] The Ralston Public Library opened in 1922 and was first located in the Stewart Real Estate Office.

Two years later it was moved to the Centennial room in the basement level of City Hall.

In May 1999, it returned to the downtown area and was renamed the Baright Public Library; it is currently at 5555 South 77th Street.

The Ralston Arena opened October 19, 2012 and serves as the home of the Omaha Lancers hockey team, the Omaha Beef indoor football team, and was the home of UNO Mavericks men's basketball team until Baxter Arena opened in 2015.