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Pender is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. There is disagreement as to whether Pender is located on the Omaha Indian Reservation. The predominately European-American population was 1,002 at the 2010 census. The village supports seven liquor stores.
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 is located at 42°6′42″N 96°42′38″W / 42.11167°N 96.71056°W / 42.11167; -96.71056 (42.111563, -96.710612).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.71 square miles (1.83 km²), all of it land.
Tribal authorities of the federally recognized Omaha Nation assert that Pender is within the boundaries of the reservation as defined…
