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Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska

township in Dixon County, Nebraska

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ7109438 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ottercreek Township is one of thirteen townships in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 208 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 206.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska” as township in Dixon County, Nebraska. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ottercreek, Township and Dixon can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Dixon County, Nebraska. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7109438. Authority coordinates are 42.462, -96.753. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2021.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska primary sources, Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska archive and Ottercreek research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ottercreek Township, Dixon County, Nebraska” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.