Moose Lake Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
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Moose Lake Township is a township in Carlton County,
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, 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
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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 Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican bo ...
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Minnesota State Highway 27 Minnesota State Highway 27 (MN 27) is a state highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 in Browns Valley and continues east to its interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) in ...
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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 ...


Lakes

* Coffee Lake * Cranberry Lake (southeast three-quarters) * Echo Lake * Moose Head Lake (east edge) * Moose Lake * Sand Lake * Spring Lake


Adjacent townships

* Skelton Township (north) * Barnum Township (northeast) * Nickerson Township, Pine County (east) * Kerrick Township, Pine County (southeast) * Sturgeon Lake Township, Pine County (southwest) * Windemere Township, Pine County (southwest) * Silver Township (west) * Kalevala Township (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains Riverside Cemetery.


Demographics

As of the
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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%
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, 0.42% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population. 22.7% were of
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
, 17.4%
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, 13.3% Norwegian, 10.9% Finnish, 7.3%
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
, 5.8%
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and 5.0% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. There were 366 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were
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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
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for the township was $17,505. About 3.4% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the
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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 Atlas



United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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