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Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska

Coordinates: 41°21′29″N 097°04′16″W / 41.35806°N 97.07111°W / 41.35806; -97.07111
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Bone Creek Township
Location in Butler County
Location in Butler County
Coordinates: 41°21′29″N 097°04′16″W / 41.35806°N 97.07111°W / 41.35806; -97.07111
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyButler
Area
 • Total37.98 sq mi (98.36 km2)
 • Land37.92 sq mi (98.21 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.14 km2)  0.14%
Elevation
1,398 ft (426 m)
Population
 • Total366
 • Density9.6/sq mi (3.7/km2)
GNIS feature ID0837891

Bone Creek Township is one of seventeen townships in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 366 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 369.[1] The name is from the translation of a Pawnee language term for Bone Creek, referring to the fossils of mastodons and other ancient creatures found along its eroding banks.[2]

The Village of Octavia lies within the Township. The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art is in David City, Nebraska.

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  1. ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved November 19, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Adrienne Mayor, "Place names describing fossils in oral traditions" Archived November 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Stanford University, pp. 253-254, c. 2005, accessed 9 December 2011
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