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Little Rock Township, Nobles County, Minnesota
Little Rock Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 260 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.2 km2), all land. The main geographic features of Little Rock Township are the Little Rock River and the Little Rock Creek. Main highways include: * Minnesota State Highway 91 * Nobles County Road 6 * Nobles County Road 15 * Nobles County Road 17 * Nobles County Road 30 History Organization of Little Rock Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on September 3, 1872. On Joseph Nicollet's original 1842 map of the region, the Blue Mounds State Park, Blue Mound near present-day Luverne, Minnesota, Luverne is simply designated as ''The Rock''. The river that flows near it was known by the Indians as ''Inyan Reakah'', or River of the Rock. We know this as the Rock River (Big Sioux River), Rock River. Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (United States)
A township in some states of the United States is a small geographic area. The term is used in three ways. #A survey township is simply a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres. #A civil township is a unit of local government, generally a civil division of a County (United States), county. Counties are the primary divisional entities in many U.S. states, states, thus the powers and organization of townships varies from state to state. Civil townships are generally given a name, sometimes written with the included abbreviation "Twp". #A charter township, found only in the state of Michigan, is similar to a civil township. Provided certain conditions are met, a charter township is mostly exempt from annexation to contiguous cities or villages, and carries additional rights and responsibilities of home rule. Survey towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
