Le Roy Township, Minnesota
| Le Roy Township, Minnesota | |
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 Le Roy Township, Minnesota
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| Coordinates: 43°32′23″N 92°31′15″W / 43.53972°N 92.52083°WCoordinates: 43°32′23″N 92°31′15″W / 43.53972°N 92.52083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Mower |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.4 sq mi (91.6 km2) |
| • Land | 35.4 sq mi (91.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,299 ft (396 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 396 |
| • Density | 11.2/sq mi (4.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 55951 |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| FIPS code | 27-36638 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664762 |
Le Roy Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 396 at the 2000 census. The town in the township with the largest population is Le Roy with 925 people. The township is also home to Lake Louise State Park, the only Minnesota State Park in Mower County and the southernmost in the state. The Old Village of Le Roy was the first area in the township to be settled.
Le Roy Township was organized on May 11, 1858 at a meeting held at the house of Daniel Caswell. The township was named after Caswell's native home in Le Roy, New York/
Le Roy was a small village on the banks of the Little Iowa River, one of the small streams that eventually become the Upper Iowa River. It was located in section 28 of Le Roy Township. Henry Edmonds, the first citizen of "Old Town," erected a mill on the river in 1855. The small village was on April 24, 1857. When the railroad was being built about one mile to the southeast in the area that is the modern-day town of Le Roy, some of the settlers starting making plans. When the first train rolled into "Le Roy Station" in August 1867, it dropped off building supplies for the new town. The new town was platted in September 1867 and some of the businesses and houses of Old Le Roy were moved intact to the new town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.4 square miles (92 km2), of which 35.4 square miles (92 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.08%) is water. The small streams of the southeastern part of the township are tributaries of the Upper Iowa River which eventually winds its way to the Mississippi River.
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