Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota
township in Swift County, Minnesota
Cashel Township is a township in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 143 at the 2000 census.
Cashel Township was organized in 1878, and named after Cashel in Ireland.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93 km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 143 people, 54 households, and 44 families residing in the township. The population density was 4.0 inhabitants per square mile (1.5/km2). There were 61 housing units at an average density of 1.7 per square mile (0.66/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40% of the population.
There were 54 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.9% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota” is township in Swift County, Minnesota. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Cashel, Township and Swift, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Swift County, Minnesota” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
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 Apr 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1899057. Authority coordinates are 45.205, -95.543. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 1878.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota primary sources, Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota archive and Cashel research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Cashel Township, Swift County, Minnesota” 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.