Northern Township is a township in Beltrami County,

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, United States. The population was 4,657 as of the 2010 census. Northern Township was named from its location on the north shore of

Lake Bemidji Lake Bemidji is a small glacier, glacially-formed lake, approximately in area, in northern Minnesota in the United States. Located less than downstream from the source of the Mississippi River, it both receives and is drained by the Mississippi, ...

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 21.55%, is water. The north quarter of the city of

Bemidji Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2022 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,946, makin ...

borders the township.

Unincorporated towns

* Birchmont at *

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at * Movil Lake Trailer Park at * Northern Trailer Park at * Secluded Acres at * Woodland Park at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Major highways

U.S. Route 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected ...

U.S. Route 71 U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles (2500 km) in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Intersta ...

Minnesota State Highway 197 Minnesota State Highway 197 (MN 197) is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its first interchange with U.S. Highways 2 and 71 on the southeast edge of Bemidji and continues north and then west to its second interchange with ...

Lakes

* Alice Lake * Little Gnat Lake (west edge) * Lake Bemidji (north three-quarters) * Movil Lake (south quarter)

Adjacent townships

* Turtle Lake Township (north) * Port Hope Township (northeast) * Turtle River Township (east) * Bemidji Township (south) * Grant Valley Township (southwest) * Eckles Township (west) * Liberty Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Northern Cemetery.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,021 people, 1,469 households, and 1,123 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,691 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 91.89%

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, 0.22%

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, 5.37% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.22% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population. There were 1,469 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.7% were

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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.02. In the township the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $44,535, and the median income for a family was $48,800. Males had a median income of $35,375 versus $21,884 for females. The

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for the township was $18,843. About 5.3% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the

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, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

External links

Northern Township official website
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