Pawnee

Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:

Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:

Pawnee may also refer to:

Pawnee (Parks and Recreation)

Pawnee, Indiana (/pɔːˈniː/ paw-NEE) is the fictional setting of the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation. Since the show's start in 2009, the fictional town of Pawnee has received acclaim by fans and critics, with the town's colorful history and inhabitants being the joke or focal point for many episodes.

Founding

Pawnee was founded in May 1817 by Rev. Luther Howell, who came from Terre Haute on an ox. The Native American Wamapoke tribe were driven out of town by July 1817. Howell founded several Lutheran churches in town. The first mayor of Pawnee, Charlton Sharpspeed, took office in 1818.

Location

Several times on the series, Pawnee is said to be in south-central Indiana, although the exact location is unknown. Pawnee is said to be located about 90 miles from Indianapolis. Pawnee is also believed to be the seventh largest city in Indiana. This would put its population between 80,294 and 80,405, the populations of the real ranking sixth and seventh largest cities in Indiana, Bloomington and Gary. However, the population has also been described as between fifty and seventy thousand. Per the book Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America, the town is "roughly the same size as Bismarck, North Dakota" — which had a population of 61,272 as of the 2010 United States Census. As of the 2000 Census, Pawnee had a population of 79,218 according to NBC's fictional Pawnee site. The town is located in the fictional "Wamapoke County".

Pawnee (film)

Pawnee is a 1957 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by George Waggner, Louis Vittes and Endre Bohem. The film stars George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright, Francis McDonald, Robert Griffin and Dabbs Greer. The film was released on September 7, 1957, by Republic Pictures.

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