Pohocco Township is one of twenty-four
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Saunders County,
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
, United States. The population was 1,207 at the
2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 1,238.
The township was named after
Pahuk
Pahuk, also written Pahaku, or Pahuk Hill, is a bluff on the Platte River in eastern Nebraska in the United States. In the traditional Pawnee people, Pawnee religion, it was one of five dwellings of spirit animals with miraculous powers. The Pa ...
, a high bluff on the south bank of the
Platte River
The Platte River () is a major American river, in the state of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, w ...
. The bluff does not actually lie within the township.
[Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925).]
Nebraska Place-Names.
Retrieved 2010-09-19.
See also
*
County government in Nebraska
County government in Nebraska is organized in one of two models:
*Township counties: the county is subdivided into organized townships and governed by a 7-member board of supervisors. This is the form used by 27 counties.
*Commissioner counties ...
References
External links
City-Data.com
Townships in Saunders County, Nebraska
Townships in Nebraska
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