Cormant Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
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Cormant Township is a township in
Beltrami County, Minnesota Beltrami County ( ) is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,228. Its county seat is Bemidji. The county's name comes from Italian adventurer Giacomo Beltrami from Bergamo, ...
, United States. The population was 207 as of the 2000 census. Cormant Township was named after the
double-crested cormorant The double-crested cormorant (''Nannopterum auritum'') is a member of the cormorant family of water birds. It is found near rivers and lakes and in coastal areas and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska ...
.


Geography

According to the
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, the township has a total area of , all land.


Unincorporated towns

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at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)


Major highways

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Minnesota State Highway 1 Minnesota State Highway 1 (MN 1) is a state highway across northern Minnesota, United States, which runs from North Dakota Highway 54 (ND 54) at the North Dakota state line (at the Red River in Oslo) and continues east to its eastern ter ...
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Minnesota State Highway 72 Minnesota State Highway 72 (MN 72) is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 71 in Blackduck and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canada–US border in Baudette. The road co ...


Adjacent townships

* Woodrow Township (north) * Kelliher Township (northeast) * Shooks Township (east) * Hornet Township (southeast) * Langor Township (south) * O'Brien Township (southwest) * Quiring Township (west) * Battle Township (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Capernaum, Cormant Township, and Pine Ridge.


Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 207 people, 72 households, and 55 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 101 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.03%
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and 0.97% Native American. There were 72 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.33. In the township the population was spread out, with 34.3% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $25,625, and the median income for a family was $29,500. Males had a median income of $17,321 versus $27,917 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the township was $10,537. About 24.2% of families and 29.0% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 36.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.0% of those 65 or over.


References


United States National Atlas



United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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