Editing Ponca, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Ponca was established in 1856 and is Nebraska's fourth oldest town.<ref name="Ponca Nebraska"/> It was named for the [[Ponca]] Indian tribe native to the region.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27539|title= Profile for Ponca, Nebraska, NE|publisher= ePodunk|accessdate= October 19, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160829173824/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27539|archive-date= August 29, 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA160|year=1908|page=160}}</ref> Ponca was incorporated as a village in 1871.<ref name="city-data.com"/>

Ponca experienced growth when the [[Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad]] was extended to it in 1876.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/dixon/ponca/ | title=Ponca, Dixon County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>

Ponca also hosts one of the oldest [[rodeo]]s in Nebraska, called the “Days of ‘56” to honor the founding members of the community. The rodeo is held at the town's rodeo grounds during the last full weekend in June. The 2018 rodeo marked the 50th anniversary of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.daysof56.com/ |title=Daysof56.com |access-date=2022-07-15 |archive-date=2021-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130102802/http://daysof56.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>