Pender, Nebraska

Pender, Nebraska
Downtown Pender: north side of Main Street, July 2010
Location of Pender, Nebraska
Pender
Location within Nebraska
Pender
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 42°06′38″N 96°42′41″W / 42.11056°N 96.71139°W / 42.11056; -96.71139
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyThurston
TownshipPender
Area
  Total
0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
  Land0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,322 ft (403 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
1,115
  Density1,579.32/sq mi (609.61/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68047
Area code402
FIPS code31-38750
GNIS feature ID2399647

Pender is a village in and the county seat of 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.