Battle Creek, NE

Battle Creek Map

Battle Creek is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,158 at the 2000 census.

In 1859, following complaints of Pawnee depredations against settlers in the Elkhorn River valley, a combined force of Nebraska Territorial Militia under the command of General John Milton Thayer and 2nd U.S. Army Dragoons under Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson prepared to attack a Pawnee village. Rather than fighting, the Pawnees surrendered before the attack could be launched, ending the Pawnee War of 1859. Although no battle occurred, the nearby stream was dubbed Battle Creek. The town founded in the area in 1867 took the creek's name for itself.

Battle Creek is located at 41°59?57?N 97°35?56?W / 41.99917°N 97.59889°W / 41.99917; -97.59889 (41.999047, -97.599005).

Nearby cities include Tilden, Madison, Pierce, Hoskins, Stanton.