Audubon Township ( ) is a township in Becker County,

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, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census.

History

Audubon Township was organized in 1871. It was named after naturalist

John James Audubon John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American Autodidacticism, self-trained artist, natural history, naturalist, and ornithology, ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornitho ...

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (8.59%) is water. The city of

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is entirely within this township geographically but is a separate entity.

Major highway

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Lakes

* Audubon Lake * Barne Lake * Barnes Lake * Berseth Lake * Bluebird Lake * Boardson Lake * Boyer Lake (east quarter) * Canary Lake * Cravath Lake (south half) * Dahlberg Lake (northeast edge) * Gilbertson Lake * Joy Lake * Larson Lake * Leaf Lake (northeast edge) * Little Cormorant Lake (vast majority) * Lake Minnetonka * Marshall Lake * Mc Kinstry Lake * Reep Lake * Robin Lake

Adjacent townships

* Hamden Township (north) * Richwood Township (northeast) * Detroit Township (east) * Lake View Township (southeast) * Lake Eunice Township (south) * Cormorant Township (southwest) * Lake Park Township (west) * Cuba Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Audubon, Cook Family, Felker and Immanuel.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 416 people, 162 households, and 129 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 224 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.12%

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, 0.72% Native American, and 2.16% from two or more races. There were 162 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% were

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living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.88. In the township the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $46,458. Males had a median income of $25,179 versus $28,750 for females. The

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for the township was $20,650. About 4.9% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the

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, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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