Cormorant Township is a township in Becker County,

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, United States. The population was 1,039 as of the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 27.40%, is water.

Lakes

* Bergerson Lake * Big Cormorant Lake (Minnesota) (west three-quarters) * Cuba Lake * Dahlberg Lake (southwest quarter) * Fig Lake * Larson Lake * Leaf Lake (west quarter) * Lake Ida * Long Lake * Middle Cormorant Lake * Mollar Lake * Nelson Lake * Rose Lake * Rossman Lake * Severson Lake * Tub Lake * Turtle Lake * Upper Cormorant Lake

Adjacent townships

* Lake Park Township (north) * Audubon Township (northeast) * Lake Eunice Township (east) * Dunn Township, Otter Tail County (southeast) * Scambler Township, Otter Tail County (south) * Tansem Township, Clay County (southwest) * Parke Township, Clay County (west) * Eglon Township, Clay County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Cormorant Lutheran Cemetery.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 965 people, 422 households, and 316 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 977 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.86%

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, 0.21%

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, 0.10% Native American, 0.31%

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, and 0.52% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.41% of the population. There were 422 households, out of which 20.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were

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living together, 2.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.63. In the township the population was spread out, with 17.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $47,560, and the median income for a family was $54,444. Males had a median income of $41,635 versus $28,125 for females. The

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for the township was $24,016. About 1.6% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the

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, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.

Media attention

In 2014, a

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dog named DukeSee also

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won the annual election for the ceremonial mayorship of Cormorant. Twelve votes were cast. He won his fourth consecutive term in May 2017. Duke died in 2019. CBOYSTV, a popular

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channel, is headquartered near Cormorant. The channel sometimes uses the township for meet and greets.

Notes

References

Bibliography

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

External links

* {{authority control Townships in Becker County, Minnesota Townships in Minnesota