Humboldt Township is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Minnehaha County
Minnehaha County is a county on the eastern border of the state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 197,214, making it the state's most populous county. It contains over 20% of the state's population. Its county seat is S ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
.
Humboldt, South Dakota
Humboldt is a town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 579 at the 2020 census.
History
The first settlement at Humboldt was made in 1877. The town was named from its location in Humboldt Township. A post office ...
, is the town in Humboldt township.
History
Humboldt Township was named for
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, p ...
, a German scientist and writer.
References
Townships in Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Townships in South Dakota
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