Bernadotte Township is a township in

Nicollet County, Minnesota Nicollet County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,454. Its county seat is St. Peter. Nicollet County is part of the Mankato – North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area. History ...

, United States. The population was 346 at the 2000 census. There is an unincorporated community named Bernadotte that is located in the northern part of the township. Bernadotte Township was organized in 1869, and named for

Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte Charles XIV John (; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John () and before he became royalty in ...

, a French Jacobines leader, later French marshal, later King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Charles III of Norway and founder of the

House of Bernadotte The House of Bernadotte is the monarchy of Sweden, royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden. It was also the monarchy of Norway, royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905. Its founder was born in Pau, Py ...

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 346 people, 110 households and 91 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 98.55%

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and 1.45% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.29% of the population. There were 110 households, of which 47.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.0% were

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living together, 1.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 16.4% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15 and the average family size was 3.55. 37.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64 and 9.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.7 males. The

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was $43,333 and the median family income was $43,750. Males had a median income of $27,411 and females $23,750. The

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was $15,233. About 7.1% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the

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, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 16.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Townships in Nicollet County, Minnesota Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area Townships in Minnesota