Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Township in Nebraska, United States
40°49′32″N 099°00′42″W / 40.82556°N 99.01167°W / 40.82556; -99.01167 (2000)
Thornton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 181 at the 2000 census. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 178.[1] In 1883 the Buffalo County Board of Directors named the township for Samuel W. Thornton, a local politician, farmer, and Civil War soldier.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Subcounty population estimates: Nebraska 2000-2006". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 28, 2007. Archived from the original (CSV) on February 18, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ Bassett, Samuel Clay (1916). Buffalo County, Nebraska, and Its People: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 302.
External links
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States
County seat: Kearney
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- Kearney
- Ravenna
- Amherst
- Elm Creek
- Miller
- Pleasanton
- Riverdale
- Shelton‡
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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