Courtland 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, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In ...

, United States. The population was 715 at the 2000 census. Courtland Township was originally called Hilo Township, after

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, and under the latter name was organized in 1858. The present name, adopted in 1865, came from

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (10.01%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 715 people, 235 households and 190 families residing in the township. The

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was . There were 239 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 98.88%

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, 0.98% from

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and 0.14% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.10% of the population. There were 235 households, of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.2% were

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living together, 1.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 19.1% were non-families. 13.6% 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 3.04 and the average family size was 3.41. 30.8%of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64 and 8.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.2 males. The

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was $53,977 and the median family income was $55,000. Males had a median income of $31,667 and females $20,882. The

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was $19,041. About 4.9% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the

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, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

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