Lime Township is a township in Blue Earth County,

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, United States. The population was 1,395 as of the 2010 census.

History

Lime Township was organized in 1858. It was named from the

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

found in the area.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has an area of , of which is land and , or 6.49%, is water. The north quarter of the city of

Mankato Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The population was 44,488 at the 2020 census, making it the 21st-largest city in Mi ...

is within this township geographically but is a separate entity.

Unincorporated community

* Benning at

Major highways

* U.S. Highway 169 *

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Lakes

* Eagle Lake (west half) * Wita Lake

Adjacent townships

* Kasota Township, Le Sueur County (north) * Jamestown Township (east) * Le Ray Township (southeast) * Mankato Township (south) * Belgrade Township, Nicollet County (west)

Cemeteries

The township includes the following cemeteries: Bochland and Pilgrims Rest.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, the township had 1,314 people, 498 households, and 379 families. The population density was . There were 511 housing units at an average density of . The township's racial makeup was 97.87%

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, 0.23%

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, 0.38% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.68% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.29% of the population. There were 498 households, of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were

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living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.97. 25.2% of the township's population was under the age of 18, 9.9% was from age 18 to 24, 27.0% was from age 25 to 44, 29.5% was from 45 to 64, and 8.4% was age 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.2 males. The township's median household income was $49,412, and the median family income was $57,250. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $24,333 for females. The township's

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was $26,615. About 1.1% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the

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, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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