Map of Pender village

Pender is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. 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.” The predominantly European-American population was 1,115 at the 2020 census.

The village is the county seat of Thurston County. European-American settlers founded the village in April 1885, naming it in honor of the Scottish politician and businessman Sir John Pender, a pioneer of the Transatlantic Cable. He founded what is now Cable & Wireless Worldwide, and was a director of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway.

Pender village overview:
Name:	Pender village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Nebraska
County:	Thurston County
Elevation:	1,342 ft (409 m)
Total Area:	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km²)
Land Area:	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,115
Population Density:	1,579.32/sq mi (609.61/km²)
ZIP code:	68047
Area code:	402
FIPS code:	3138750
GNISfeature ID:	0832034

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Pender online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.