St. Vincent Township, Kittson County, Minnesota
township in Kittson County, Minnesota
St. Vincent Township is a township in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 74 at the 2000 census.
St. Vincent Township was organized in 1880, and named for Vincent de Paul, a Roman Catholic saint.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 54.5 square miles (141.1 km2), of which 54.2 square miles (140.3 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.8 km2) (0.55%) is water. The unincorporated community of Noyes is situated at the north edge of the township, along the Canada–US border. The city of St. Vincent borders the township to the south.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 74 people, 29 households, and 22 families residing in the township.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “St. Vincent Township, Kittson County, Minnesota” is township in Kittson County, Minnesota. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Vincent, Township and Kittson, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Kittson 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.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1913157. Authority coordinates are 48.954, -97.139. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 1880.
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
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This entry incorporates text from “St. Vincent Township, Kittson 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.