Malmo Township is a township in

Aitkin County Aitkin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county. The county was created in 1857 and organized ...

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, United States. The population was 337 as of the 2010 census.

History

Malmo Township was named after

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

in Sweden. A precontact Native American archaeological site, the Malmo Mounds and Village Site, is listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 7.68%, is water.

Major highways

Minnesota State Highway 18 Minnesota State Highway 18 (MN 18) is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 25 in Brainerd and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Finlayson Tow ...

Minnesota State Highway 47 Minnesota State Highway 47 (MN 47) is a highway in east–central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with ''Central Avenue'' ( State Highway 65) in Minneapolis and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. ...

Lakes

* Deer Lake * Mille Lacs Lake (east edge) * Sugar Lake (south three-quarters) ** Stapleton Lake (classified as a pond) * Twenty Lake is located 1.5 miles North of Malmo on MN Hwy. 47, then 1.75 miles West and North on Twenty Lake Road.

Adjacent townships

* Glen Township (north) * Lee Township (northeast) * Seavey Township (southeast) * Lakeside Township (south) * Wealthwood Township (west) * Nordland Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Malmo Cemetery.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 332 people, 153 households, and 104 families residing in the township. The

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was 10.1 people per square mile (3.9/km²). There were 345 housing units at an average density of 10.5/sq mi (4.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 96.39%

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, 2.71% Native American, and 0.90% from two or more races. There were 153 households, out of which 17.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were

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living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.59. In the township the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 27.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $31,161, and the median income for a family was $39,464. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the township was $16,737. About 5.3% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the

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, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Both the unincorporated communities of

Glen A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...

and Malmo straddle the northern and southern boundaries, respectively. The namesake Glen Store and business district of Glen, is in Malmo Township.

References

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

External links

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