Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska

Thornton Township
Township
Location in Buffalo County
Location in Buffalo County
Coordinates: 40°49′32″N 099°00′42″W / 40.82556°N 99.01167°W / 40.82556; -99.01167
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyBuffalo
Area
 • Total
36.16 sq mi (93.65 km2)
 • Land36.16 sq mi (93.65 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
2,195 ft (669 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
181
 • Density5/sq mi (1.9/km2)
GNIS feature ID0838283

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

  1. ^ "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.
  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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