Mazeppa Township is a township in Wabasha County,

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, United States. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. Mazeppa Township was organized in 1858 and named in honor of

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (; ; ) was the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host and the Left-bank Ukraine in 1687–1708. The historical events of Mazepa's life have inspired Cultural legacy of Mazeppa, many literary, artistic and musical works. He was ...

, a 17th-century

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chief popularized by

Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...

's poem "

Mazeppa Mazepa or Mazeppa is the surname of Ivan Mazepa, a Ukrainian hetman made famous worldwide by a poem by Lord Byron. It may refer to: Artistic works Poems * Mazeppa (poem), "Mazeppa" (poem) (1819), a dramatic poem by Lord Byron * "Mazeppa", a poem b ...

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 22.3 square miles (57.7 km²); 21.8 square miles (56.5 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (2.24%) is water. The township has one property listed on the

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: the Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, built 1917–1919.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 743 people, 252 households, and 210 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 273 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.98%

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, 1.08%

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, 0.27% Asian, and 0.67% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.27% of the population. There were 252 households, out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were

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living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.25. In the township the population was spread out, with 31.2% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $54,554, and the median income for a family was $59,821. Males had a median income of $37,500 versus $30,577 for females. The

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for the township was $21,390. About 2.3% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the

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, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Townships in Wabasha County, Minnesota Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota Townships in Minnesota