Windom Township, Minnesota
| Windom Township, Minnesota | |
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 Windom Township, Minnesota
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| Coordinates: 43°37′58″N 92°51′38″W / 43.63278°N 92.86056°WCoordinates: 43°37′58″N 92°51′38″W / 43.63278°N 92.86056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Mower |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.0 sq mi (93.3 km2) |
| • Land | 36.0 sq mi (93.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,237 ft (377 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 640 |
| • Density | 17.8/sq mi (6.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 27-70816 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0666015 |
Windom Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 640 at the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Rose Creek with a population of 354 people. All other area in the township is unincorporated. After unsuccessfully trying two names, the township was named in honor of Senator William Windom of Winona.
Sylvester Davis, the first settler in the township, came to section 20 in the spring of 1855 and built a more permanent dwelling later that fall. The township was officially organized in 1858 and called "Brooklyn." At the first meeting of the township, the people elected a chairman, two supervisors, a clerk, two justices of the peace, a collector, a constable an assessor, a road supervisor and an overseer of the poor. In 1862 the state legislature told the township to change its name because another town had prior claim to it. It was then briefly called Canton but the name had to be changed again for the same reason. In May 1862 the township was named in honor of Senator William Windom of Winona.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.3 km²), all of it land.
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