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Weimer Township, Jackson County, Minnesota
Weiner Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 172 at the 2000 census. Weimer Township was organized in 1871, and named after Weimar, Germany Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbourin ..., the original home of an early settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90.4 km), of which 30.6 square miles (79.3 km) is land and 4.3 square miles (11.2 km) (12.35%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 172 people, 67 households, and 50 families residing in the township. The population density was 5.6 people per square mile (2.2/km). There were 79 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km). Everybo ... [...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] |
