Skelton Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Skelton Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 372 as of the 2000 census. Skelton Township was named for John and Harry E. Skelton, two brothers who were both employed as county officials. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.0 square miles (90.6 km), of which 35.0 square miles (90.6 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) (0.09%) is water. The northwest quarter of the city of Barnum is located within Skelton Township geographically but is a separate entity. Adjacent townships * Mahtowa Township (east) * Barnum Township (southeast) * Moose Lake Township (south) * Silver Township (southwest) * Kalevala Township (west) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 372 people, 128 households, and 107 families residing in the township. The population density was 10.6 people per square mile (4.1/km). There were 160 housing units at an av ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Mahtowa Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Mahtowa Township ( ) is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 494 as of the 2000 census. The name Mahtowa was derived from a Native American term meaning "bear" or "grass lands". Interstate 35 serves as a main route in the township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.1 square miles (62.5 km2), of which 23.8 square miles (61.7 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.9 km2) (1.41%) is water. Unincorporated communities * Mahtowa Major highway * Interstate 35 Lakes * Benfield Lake * Ellstrom Lake (west quarter) * Flodeen Lake (west edge) * Hizer Lake * Katzel Lake (north three-quarters) * Munson Lake * Sandy Lake (west half) * Park Lake Adjacent townships * Atkinson Township (north) * Twin Lakes Township (northeast) * Blackhoof Township (east) * Barnum Township (south) * Skelton Township (west) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 494 peop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Native American (U
Native Americans or Native American may refer to: Ethnic groups * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North and South America and their descendants * Native Americans in the United States * Indigenous peoples in Canada ** First Nations in Canada, Canadian indigenous peoples neither Inuit nor Métis ** Inuit, an indigenous people of the mainland and insular Bering Strait, northern coast, Labrador, Greenland, and Canadian Arctic Archipelago regions ** Métis in Canada, peoples of Canada originating from both indigenous (First Nations or Inuit) and European ancestry * Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica * Indigenous peoples of Mexico * Indigenous peoples of South America ** Indigenous peoples in Argentina ** Indigenous peoples in Bolivia ** Indigenous peoples in Brazil ** Indigenous peoples in Chile ** Indigenous peoples in Colombia ** Indigenous peoples in Ecuador ** Indigenous peoples in Peru ** Indigenous peoples in Suriname ** Indigenous peoples in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |
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Kalevala Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Kalevala Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 302 as of the 2000 census. History Kalevala Township was named by Finnish settlers after the poem ''Kalevala'', a national symbol of Finland. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Major highway * Minnesota State Highway 73 Adjacent townships * Eagle Township (north) * Skelton Township (east) * Moose Lake Township (southeast) * Silver Township (south) * Split Rock Township (southwest) * Automba Township (west) Cemeteries The township contains the following cemeteries: Leonard and West Branch. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 302 people, 125 households, and 80 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 181 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.01% White, 0.66% Pacific Islander, and 0.33% from two or more races. 34.9% we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Silver Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Silver Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 389 as of the 2000 census. Silver Township took its name from Silver Creek. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.1 square miles (90.9 km), of which 35.0 square miles (90.8 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) (0.11%) is water. The city of Kettle River is located entirely within Silver Township geographically but is a separate entity. Major highways * Minnesota State Highway 27 * Minnesota State Highway 73 Adjacent townships * Kalevala Township (north) * Skelton Township (northeast) * Moose Lake Township (east) * Windemere Township, Pine County (southeast) * Sturgeon Lake Township, Pine County (south) * Birch Creek Township, Pine County (southwest) * Split Rock Township (west) * Automba Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these two cemeteries: Co-op and Holy Trinity. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moose Lake Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Moose Lake Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 956 as of the 2000 census. Moose Lake Township was named from Moose Lake and Moose Head Lake. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.5 square miles (86.8 km), of which 32.7 square miles (84.7 km) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km) (2.42%) is water. The city of Moose Lake is located entirely within Moose Lake Township geographically but is a separate entity. Major highways * Interstate 35 * Minnesota State Highway 27 * Minnesota State Highway 73 Lakes * Coffee Lake * Cranberry Lake (southeast three-quarters) * Echo Lake * Moose Head Lake (east edge) * Moose Lake * Sand Lake * Spring Lake Adjacent townships * Skelton Township (north) * Barnum Township (northeast) * Nickerson Township, Pine County (east) * Kerrick Township, Pine County (southeast) * Sturgeon Lake Township, Pine County (sou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |