Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Thornton Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location in Buffalo County
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subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Nebraska
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Buffalo
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area_total_km2 = 93.65
area_land_km2 = 93.65
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.16
area_land_sq_mi = 36.16
area_water_sq_mi = 0
area_water_percent = 0
population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 181
population_density_km2 = 1.9
population_density_sq_mi = 5
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elevation_m = 669
elevation_ft = 2195
latd = 40
latm = 49
lats = 32
latNS = N
longd = 099
longm = 00
longs = 42
longEW = W
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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. [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2006_31.csv | title = Subcounty population estimates: Nebraska 2000-2006| format = CSV | publisher = United States Census Bureau, Population Division | date = 2007-06-28 | accessdate = 2008-02-25] In 1883 the Buffalo County Board of Directors named the township for Samuel W. Thornton, a local politician, farmer, and Civil War soldier. [Biographical Souvenir of Buffalo County, F.A. Battery & Co., 1890, 1997 reprint, pps. 389-399.]
ee also
*County government in Nebraska
References
External links
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Thornton-Buffalo-NE.html City-Data.com]
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