Mickinock Township is a township in

Roseau County Roseau County () is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,331. Its county seat is Roseau. Roseau County borders the Canadian province of ...

, Minnesota, United States. The population of the township is 261 according to the 2020 census.

History

Mickinock Township was named for an

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

chief.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all of which is land.

Demographics

In the 2020

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, there are 261 people, as well as 115 households and 86 families residing in the township. The

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was . There are 121 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township is about 96.55%

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, or about 252 people. The remaining 3.45% (about nine people) are from two or more races. There are 115 households, of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were

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living together, 2.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 22.5% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.13. 28.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64 and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.0 males. The

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is $68,375 and the median family income is about $70,000. Males had a median income of $29,750 and females $25,893. The

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was $17,697. Out of the town's 261 residents, 5.6% of them (about 14-15 people) are below the

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. In total, 1.7% of residents under the age of 18 live in poverty, as do 5.4% of those aged 18–64, and 11.1% of those 65 and older.

References

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