Nordland Township is a township in Aitkin County,

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, United States. The population was 972 as of the 2010 census.

History

Nordland Township was named after

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, a county in Norway. One property within the township is listed on the

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: the 1897 Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 15.02%, is water.

Major highway

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Lakes

* Edquist Lake * Elm Island Lake * Linde Lake * Lingroth Lake * Little Ripple Lake * Lake Four * Lone Lake * Monson Lake * Nord Lake * Raspberry Lake * Ripple Lake (vast majority) * Section Twelve Lake * Section Twenty-Five Lake * Seth Lake (vast majority) * Sisabagamah Lake (south half) * Sissabagamah Lake * Sixteen Lake * Sjodin Lake * Soderman Lakes * Soderman Lakes (southeast three-quarters) * Sweetman Lake * Thirty-One Lake (west edge) * Turtle Lake (west three-quarters) * Wladimiraf Lake

Adjacent townships

* Spencer Township (north) * Kimberly Township (northeast) * Glen Township (east) * Malmo Township (southeast) * Wealthwood Township (south) * Hazelton Township (southwest) * Farm Island Township (west) * Aitkin Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Bethlehem Lutheran and Glory Baptist.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 853 people, 366 households, and 289 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 825 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.01%

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, 0.35%

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, 0.70% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population. There were 366 households, out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were

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living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.61. In the township the population was spread out, with 19.0% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $41,172, and the median income for a family was $44,205. Males had a median income of $35,673 versus $20,313 for females. The

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for the township was $18,742. About 4.5% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the

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, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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