Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota
township in Waseca County, Minnesota
Wilton Township is a township in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 381 at the 2020 census.
History
Wilton Township was organized in 1858, and named after its largest settlement, Wilton, Minnesota.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.5 km2); 35.7 square miles (92.4 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km2) (1.22%) is water.
Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 392 people, 137 households and 99 families residing in the township. The population density was 11.0 per square mile (4.2/km2). There were 143 housing units at an average density of 4.0/sq mi (1.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 97.96% White, 0.26% Asian, 1.79% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.32% of the population.
There were 137 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families.
“Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota” enters the record as township in Waseca County, Minnesota. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wilton, Township and Waseca can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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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 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1919813. Authority coordinates are 43.974, -93.577. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1858 and 2000.
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