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Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota

township in Cass County, Minnesota, USA

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ1900864 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gould Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 232 as of the 2020 census. Gould Township was named for M. I. Gould, a lumberman and local landowner.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 44.2 square miles (114 km2), of which 33.4 square miles (87 km2) is land and 10.8 square miles (28 km2) (24.48%) is water.

The south quarter of the city of Federal Dam is located within Gould Township geographically but is a separate entity.

Lakes

Bobolink Lake

Leech Lake (east edge)

Adjacent townships

Boy River Township (east)

Rogers Township (southeast)

Boy Lake Township (south)

Otter Tail Peninsula Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries: Island Zion and White Cloud.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 249 people, 95 households, and 66 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.5 inhabitants per square mile (2.9/km2). There were 196 housing units at an average density of 5.9 per square mile (2.3/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 38.55% White, 58.23% Native American, and 3.21% from two or more races.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota” as township in Cass County, Minnesota, USA. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Gould, Township and Cass can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Cass County, Minnesota, USA. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

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 Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1900864. Authority coordinates are 47.197, -94.230. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota primary sources, Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota archive and Gould research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Gould Township, Cass County, Minnesota”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Gould Township, Cass 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.