Winnebago, NE

Winnebago is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The 2020 census counted 916 residents. The village is known as Nįšoc in the Hoocąk language. The first post office at Winnebago was established in 1867, within the Winnebago Reservation established primarily in Thurston County, Nebraska. The through line in Winnebago is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Winnebago makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Both were named for the federally recognized Winnebago tribe, whose name for themselves in their own language is transliterated as Ho-Chunk. Winnebago is located within the Winnebago Reservation of the Ho-Chunk, in the northeast part of Nebraska.