Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
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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. In 1883 the Buffalo County Board of Directors named the township for Samuel W. Thornton
, a local politician, farmer, and Civil War soldier.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Buffalo County
Buffalo County, Nebraska
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 42,259 people, 15,930 households, and 10,227 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 16,830 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 181 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 178. In 1883 the Buffalo County Board of Directors named the township for Samuel W. Thornton
Samuel W. Thornton
Samuel W. Thornton was a prominent farmer, businessman, soldier, and politician. He was elected to serve one term in the Nebraska State Legislature , representing Buffalo County....
, a local politician, farmer, and Civil War soldier.