Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska

Township in Nebraska, United States

Thornton Township

Township

Location in Buffalo County

Coordinates: 40°49′32″N 099°00′42″W﻿ / ﻿40.82556°N 99.01167°W﻿ / 40.82556; -99.01167Coordinates: 40°49′32″N 099°00′42″W﻿ / ﻿40.82556°N 99.01167°W﻿ / 40.82556; -99.01167
Country| United States
State| Nebraska
County| Buffalo
Area

• Total| 36.16 sq mi (93.65 km2)
• Land| 36.16 sq mi (93.65 km2)
• Water| 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation

| 2,195 ft (669 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total| 181
• Density| 5/sq mi (1.9/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0838283

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

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* County government in Nebraska

## References

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1. ^ "Subcounty population estimates: Nebraska 2000-2006". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2007-06-28. Archived from the original (CSV) on 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
2. ^ 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.

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Municipalities and communities of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States

County seat: Kearney

Cities|

* Gibbon
* Kearney
* Ravenna

Map of Nebraska highlighting Buffalo County

Villages|

* Amherst
* Elm Creek
* Miller
* Pleasanton
* Riverdale
* Shelton‡

CDPs|

* Glenwood
* Odessa
* Poole

Other
communities|

* Buda
* Denman
* Prairie Center
* Saint Michael
* Sartoria
* Sweetwater

Townships|

* Armada
* Beaver
* Cedar
* Center
* Cherry Creek
* Collins
* Divide
* Elm Creek
* Gardner
* Garfield
* Gibbon
* Grant
* Harrison
* Logan
* Loup
* Odessa
* Platte
* Riverdale
* Rusco
* Sartoria
* Schneider
* Scott
* Sharon
* Shelton
* Thornton
* Valley

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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