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Big Stone Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota
Big Stone Township is a township in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 253 at the 2000 census. History Big Stone Township was organized in 1879. It took its name from Big Stone Lake. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (12.03%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Ortonville (north edge) Unincorporated town * Lagoona Beach at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Major highways * U.S. Route 75 * Minnesota State Highway 7 Lakes * Bentsen Lake (west half) * Big Stone Lake (east quarter) * Deep Lake * Lysing Lake (south edge) * Moulton Lake * Mundwiler Lake * Olson Lake * Swenson Lake * Twin Lakes Adjacent townships * Almond Township (north) * Malta Township (northeast) * Otrey Township (east) * Odessa Township (southeast) * Ortonville Township (south) * Prior Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains Big Stone Bapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (United States)
A township in some states of the United States is a small geographic area. The term is used in three ways. #A survey township is simply a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres. #A civil township is a unit of local government, generally a civil division of a County (United States), county. Counties are the primary divisional entities in many U.S. states, states, thus the powers and organization of townships varies from state to state. Civil townships are generally given a name, sometimes written with the included abbreviation "Twp". #A charter township, found only in the state of Michigan, is similar to a civil township. Provided certain conditions are met, a charter township is mostly exempt from annexation to contiguous cities or villages, and carries additional rights and responsibilities of home rule. Survey towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota State Highway 7
Minnesota State Highway 7, or Trunk Highway 7, (MN 7, TH 7) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 near Beardsley and continues east to its terminus with MN 100 and County Road 25 (CR 25) in St. Louis Park. The highway runs east–west for approximately through mostly rural farmland in the central part of the state. On its western end, it is part of the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway where it runs northwest–southeast along the Minnesota River and associated lakes near the border with the adjoining state of South Dakota. For roughly of its route, it runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) between Appleton and Montevideo. In Montevideo, the highway turns to the east cutting across the state. It passes through several small towns before entering the Twin Cities metropolitan area. In the metro area, MN 7 follows an expressway through several suburbs before terminating in St. Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poverty Line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for the average adult.Poverty Lines – Martin Ravallion, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, London: Palgrave Macmillan The cost of housing, such as the rent for an apartment, usually makes up the largest proportion of this estimate, so economists track the real estate market and other housing cost indicators as a major influence on the poverty line. Individual factors are often used to account for various circumstances, such as whether one is a parent, elderly, a child, married, etc. The poverty threshold may be adjusted annually. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries. In October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Capita Income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita income is national income divided by population size. Per capita income is often used to measure a sector's average income and compare the wealth of different populations. Per capita income is also often used to measure a country's standard of living. It is usually expressed in terms of a commonly used international currency such as the euro or United States dollar, and is useful because it is widely known, is easily calculable from readily available gross domestic product (GDP) and population estimates, and produces a useful statistic for comparison of wealth between sovereign territories. This helps to ascertain a country's development status. It is one of the three measures for calculating the Human Development Index of a country. Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is considered a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African American (U
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White (U
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical architecture, white became the most common color of new churches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prior Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota
Prior Township is a township in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 223 as of the 2000 census. History Prior Township was organized in 1879. It was named for Charles H. Prior, a railroad official. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 47.9 square miles (124.1 km), of which 44.5 square miles (115.3 km) is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km) (7.08%) is water. Major highway * Minnesota State Highway 7 Lakes * Big Stone Lake (east quarter) Adjacent townships * Toqua Township (north) * Graceville Township (northeast) * Almond Township (east) * Big Stone Township (southeast) * Foster Township (west) * Browns Valley Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these five cemeteries: Bailey, Elim, Lakeside, Mills and West Saint Paul. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 223 people, 79 households, and 62 families residing in the township. The popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortonville Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota
Ortonville Township is a township in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,011 as of the 2010 census. History The first white settlement at Ortonville Township was made in the early 1870s. It was named for Cornelius Knute Orton, an early settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.73%, is water. Cities, towns, villages * Ortonville (vast majority) Unincorporated towns *Cashtown at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Major highways * U.S. Route 12 * U.S. Route 75 * Minnesota State Highway 7 Lakes * Big Stone Lake (east edge) * Lindgren Lake * Munnwyler Lake * Walter Lake Adjacent townships * Big Stone Township (north) * Otrey Township (northeast) * Odessa Township (east) * Yellow Bank Township, Lac qui Parle County (south) Cemeteries The township contains Mound Cemetery. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odessa Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota
Odessa Township is a township in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 147 as of the 2000 census. Odessa Township was named after Odesa, Ukraine. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.1 km), of which 35.5 square miles (92.1 km) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.0 km) (2.12%) is water. The city of Odessa is entirely within this township geographically but is a separate entity. Major highways * U.S. Route 12 * U.S. Route 75 * Minnesota State Highway 7 Lakes * Horseshoe Lake * Long Tom Lake (vast majority) * Peterson Lake Adjacent townships * Otrey Township (north) * Artichoke Township (northeast) * Akron Township (east) * Lake Shore Township, Lac qui Parle County (southeast) * Agassiz Township, Lac qui Parle County (south) * Yellow Bank Township, Lac qui Parle County (southwest) * Ortonville Township (west) * Big Stone Township (northwest) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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