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Hokah Police Department (Minnesota)
Hokah can refer to a location in the United States: * Hokah, Minnesota, a small city * Hokah Township, Houston County, Minnesota See also * Hookah A hookah (Hindustani language, Hindustani: (Nastaleeq), (Devanagari), IPA: ; also see #Names and etymology, other names), shisha, or waterpipe is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokah, Minnesota
Hokah ( ) is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. Hokah is located near the confluence of the Root and Mississippi rivers, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is part of the La Crosse metropolitan area. History Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area that is now the city of Hokah was a Native American settlement of the Dakota people. The city's name, which is said to be a Native American word meaning gar fish or the Dakota name for the nearby Root River, derives from the chief of the settlement, Chief Wecheschatope Hokah. There were, at one time, more than thirty Indian mounds throughout the area including several effigy mounds, though most have been lost. The first recorded European settler in Hokah was Edward Thompson, who arrived in 1851 with his wife and family and constructed a flour mill and dam on Thompson Creek, a tributary of the Root River that runs through the city and now bears his name. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokah Township, Houston County, Minnesota
Hokah Township ( ) is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 545 at the 2000 census. Hokah Township was organized in 1858, and given the Native American name of the Root River. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.49%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 545 people, 189 households, and 157 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 196 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.90% White, 0.18% African American, 0.73% Native American, and 0.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.73% of the population. There were 189 households, out of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
