Verdon Township is a township in

Aitkin County, Minnesota Aitkin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is in the county. The county was created in 1857 and organi ...

, United States. The population was 40 in the 2020 census.

Etymology

Verdon Township was named for Verdon Wells, son of the town's

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, E. B. Wells.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.31%, is water.

Major highway

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Lakes

* Oxbow Lake

Adjacent townships

* Ball Bluff Township (northeast) * Cornish Township (east) * Turner Township (southeast) * Libby Township (south)

Cemeteries

The township contains Verdon Cemetery.

Demographics

At the 2020

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. there were 40 people and 14 families residing in the township. The

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was . There were 43 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 88.37%

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, 9.30%

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, and 2.32% American Indian. There were 16 households, of which none had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.50% were

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living together and 62.50% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 3.0. The

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was not listed and 3.1% of the population living below the

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References

External links

United States National Atlas

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
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