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Nevada Township, Mower County, Minnesota
Nevada Township is a township (United States), township in Mower County, Minnesota, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 353 at the 2000 census. History The first settlement in Nevada Township was by William Allen, a Massachusetts man, in the southwest quadrant of section 29, an area later called Six Mile Grove. This happened at some time before 1854, which is when he sold the land to Gunder Halverson and moved to Oregon. Sometime between that time and 1858, ten men settled in that same section and it was the first permanent settlement in the township. These men erected a Watermill, mill in section 31 on Otter Creek, a tributary of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River. The mill was a little under a mile east of where Lyle, Minnesota, Lyle now stands. The township was organized in 1858 and its name is derived from the California Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada Mountains. Nevada Village was platted in section 2 and a mill was built on Otter Creek ... [...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 a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the United States General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres (93.200 km2). #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 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
