Spooner Township is a township in

Lake of the Woods County Lake of the Woods County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,763, making it the second-least populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Baudette. The county co ...

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, United States. The population was 281 at the 2000 census.

History

The township was named for Marshall Spooner, a state judge. Spooner was largely destroyed in the Baudette Fire of 1910. Spooner Township adjoined the Village of Spooner, which merged with

Baudette Baudette is a city in, and the county seat of, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,106, and in 2018 the population was estimated at 1,003. Baudette is known as the Walleye Capital of th ...

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 33.5 square miles (86.9 km), of which 33.5 square miles (86.7 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.21%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 281 people, 113 households, and 77 families residing in the township. The

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was 8.4 people per square mile (3.2/km). There were 129 housing units at an average density of 3.9/sq mi (1.5/km). The racial makeup of the township was 96.09%

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, 2.14% Native American, 0.36%

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, and 1.42% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.36% of the population. There were 113 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were

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living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.08. In the township the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $36,389, and the median income for a family was $50,556. Males had a median income of $48,125 versus $24,432 for females. The

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for the township was $21,978. About 12.5% of families and 21.1% of the population were below the

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, including 30.2% of those under the age of 18 and 17.1% of those 65 or over.

Notable people

The artist

Maurice Noble Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand m ...

was born in Spooner, and the automotive designer

Edmund E. Anderson Edmund E. Anderson (April 29, 1906 – October 23, 1989) was an automotive designer in the North American automotive industry at General Motors and notably as the lead designer for American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1950 to 1961. Early l ...

grew up there.

References

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