Lodi Township is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in
Mower County,
Minnesota
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, in the United States. As of the
2000 census, the township population was 249. The largest town contained within the township is
Taopi with 93 people. The remainder of the township is
unincorporated area
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.
History
Almond Fryer
settled on the banks of the
Upper Iowa River in section 14 of the township in 1855. The name at the time of surveying was Lodi, but when the township was organized in February 1874 it was called "Belleview," as was the
railroad station
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.
Lodi,
Italy
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, the namesake of the township, is a town in
Lombardy made famous by a battle that
Napoleon fought there.
At the organizing meeting, the people of the township re-adopted the name Lodi and elected a
moderator
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Government
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, a
clerk, three
judges of the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
, a
chairman, two
supervisor
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s, a
treasurer
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Government
The treasury o ...
, two
justices of the peace, and two
constable
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s. The current village of
Taopi was started as a
corporation
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in 1875.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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An economy is an area of th ...
, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.3 km
2), all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 249 people, 85 households, and 73 families residing in the township. The
population density
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was 7.0 people per square mile (2.7/km
2). There were 85 housing units at an average density of 2.4/sq mi (0.9/km
2). The racial makeup of the township was 97.99%
White
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, 1.20%
African American
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, and 0.80% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population.
There were 85 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.8% were
married couples
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living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. 14.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the township the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $45,179, and the median income for a family was $45,714. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $21,771 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the township was $17,504. About 11.8% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 14.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 13.9% of those 65 or over.
Cemetery
*Taopi Cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the southeast quadrant of section 9 of the township. Its oldest known
burial
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dates to 1877.
References
Further reading
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Townships in Mower County, Minnesota
Townships in Minnesota