Moose Lake Township is a township in
Carlton County,
Minnesota
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, United States. The population was 956 as of the
2000 census. Moose Lake Township was named from Moose Lake and Moose Head Lake.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 33.5 square miles (86.8 km), of which 32.7 square miles (84.7 km) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km) (2.42%) is water.
The city of
Moose Lake is located entirely within Moose Lake Township geographically but is a separate entity.
Major highways
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Interstate 35
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Minnesota State Highway 27
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Minnesota State Highway 73
Minnesota State Highway 73 (MN 73) is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 35 in Moose Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 in Fiel ...
Lakes
* Coffee Lake
* Cranberry Lake (southeast three-quarters)
* Echo Lake
* Moose Head Lake (east edge)
* Moose Lake
* Sand Lake
* Spring Lake
Adjacent townships
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Skelton Township (north)
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Barnum Township (northeast)
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Nickerson Township, Pine County (east)
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Kerrick Township, Pine County (southeast)
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Sturgeon Lake Township, Pine County (southwest)
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Windemere Township, Pine County (southwest)
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Silver Township (west)
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Kalevala Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains Riverside Cemetery.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 956 people, 366 households, and 284 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 450 housing units at an average density of 13.8/sq mi (5.3/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.64%
White
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, 0.42%
Native American, 0.10%
Asian
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** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.42% from
other races
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, and 0.42% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.63% of the population. 22.7% were of
German
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**Ger ...
, 17.4%
Swedish
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** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
, 13.3%
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
, 10.9%
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
, 7.3%
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
, 5.8%
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
and 5.0%
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
ancestry according to
Census 2000
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.
There were 366 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were
married couples
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living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 18.9% 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 2.60 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the township the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $42,946, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $32,452 versus $26,389 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the township was $17,505. About 3.4% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
References
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United States National AtlasUnited States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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Townships in Carlton County, Minnesota
Townships in Minnesota