Madison Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
Madison Township is a township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 251 at the 2000 census.
Madison Township was organized in 1879, and named after Madison, Wisconsin.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.0 square miles (90.5 km2), of which 34.6 square miles (89.6 km2) is land and 0.4 square mile (1.0 km2) (1.06%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 251 people, 93 households, and 71 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.3 inhabitants per square mile (2.8/km2). There were 95 housing units at an average density of 2.7 per square mile (1.0/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.60% White and 0.40% Asian.
There were 93 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.0% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
“Madison Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota” enters the record as township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Madison, Township and Parle can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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