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Brown Cemetery
Red Rock Township is a township (United States), township in Mower County, Minnesota, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 715 at the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Brownsdale, Minnesota, Brownsdale with a population of 718 people. All other area in the township is unincorporated area, unincorporated. The township is named for a large, red rock (geology), rock in ''section 4''. History In 1855 John L. Johnson came to the township from Wisconsin and built a sod shanty in a Grove (nature), grove of trees in section 4 that had a large, red rock (geology), rock in it. This grove eventually became known as Red Rock Grove and later the whole township took its name from this area. The rock can still be seen in section 5 (about 1.5 miles northwest of Brownsdale) in the southeast corner of the land owned by Craig Bauman. The area of Red Rock Township around the town of Brownsdale, Minnesota, Brownsdale was the source of much of the lumber which helped ... [...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] |
