Pender, Nebraska

Pender, Nebraska
Downtown Pender: north side of Main Street, July 2010
Downtown Pender: north side of Main Street, July 2010
Location of Pender, Nebraska
Location of Pender, Nebraska
Pender is located in Nebraska
Pender
Pender
Location within Nebraska
Pender is located in the United States
Pender
Pender
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 42°06′38″N 96°42′41″W / 42.11056°N 96.71139°W / 42.11056; -96.71139
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyThurston
TownshipPender
Area
 • Total0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
 • Land0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation1,322 ft (403 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,115
 • Density1,579.32/sq mi (609.61/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68047
Area code402
FIPS code31-38750
GNIS feature ID2399647[2]

Pender is a village in and the county seat of Thurston County, Nebraska, United States.[3] On March 22, 2016, the United States Supreme Court resolved a disagreement as to whether Pender is located on the Omaha Indian Reservation, holding unanimously that "the disputed land is within the reservation’s boundaries."[4][5] The predominantly European-American population was 1,115 at the 2020 census.[6]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pender, Nebraska
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Nebraska v. Parker, 14-1406" (PDF). supremecourt.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Durocher, Skip; Nichols, James & Streitz, Mary (March 25, 2016). "Supreme Court Unanimously Holds that Omaha Tribe's Reservation Not Diminished by 1882 Statute". Minneapolis, MN: Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020-census-3138750 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).