Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska

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Thornton Township
Map highlighting Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska.svg
Location in Buffalo County
Coordinates: 40°49′32″N099°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)
  Land36.16 sq mi (93.65 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
2,195 ft (669 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total
181
  Density4.9/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]

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  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.