Boon Lake Township is a township in Renville County,

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, United States. The population was 400 at the 2000 census.

History

Boon Lake Township was organized in 1870, and named after Boon Lake.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (4.85%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 400 people, 151 households, and 115 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 174 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.50%

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, 1.50% Asian, 0.75% from other races, and 0.25% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population. There were 151 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.9% were

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living together, 3.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.10. In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $44,792, and the median income for a family was $51,250. Males had a median income of $32,321 versus $24,643 for females. The

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for the township was $20,541. About 5.4% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the

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, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Notable people from Boon Lake have included Charles D. McEwen, a member of the

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in the 1890s,Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, ''History of Renville County Minnesota, Vol. 1''. H. C. Cooper Jr, & Co., Chicago (1916). and his granddaughter

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, who moved to

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and became in 1918 the first woman ever elected to serve in the

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References

{{authority control Townships in Renville County, Minnesota Townships in Minnesota