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Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota
Whitewater Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 198 at the 2010 census. History Whitewater Township took its name from the Whitewater River. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; is land and , or 0.37%, is water. One property within the township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Nicholas Marnach House, built 1857–1860. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 202 people, 65 households, and 52 families residing in the township. The population density was 5.7 people per square mile (2.2/km). There were 70 housing units at an average density of 2.0/sq mi (0.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.52% White, 0.99% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.98% of the population. There were 65 households, out of which 44.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70 ... [...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] |
Nicholas Marnach House
The Nicholas Marnach House is the restored home of a Luxembourg American, Luxembourgian pioneer family in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota, Whitewater Township, Minnesota, United States, built 1857–1860. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having state-level significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement. It was nominated as Southeast Minnesota's oldest surviving example of the traditional European construction occasionally produced by the region's Germanic immigrants. The house is about north of Elba, Minnesota, within the Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, a state wildlife preserve adjacent to Whitewater State Park. Description The Nicholas Marnach House is a rectangular, two-story building with a rear lean-to set into a hillside. There is an attic under a hip roof#Half-hip roof, half-hip roof, and a partial basement under the east half of the house. The walls are constructed of randomly laid lime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
