Official Name: | Bone Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Butler |
Area Total Km2: | 98.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 98.21 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 37.98 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 37.92 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.14 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 366 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation M: | 426 |
Elevation Ft: | 1398 |
Coordinates: | 41.3581°N -97.0711°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0837891 |
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.