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Bernadotte Township, Minnesota | |
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  Bernadotte Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Bernadotte Township, Minnesota Bernadotte Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°24′46″N 94°18′4″W / 44.41278°N 94.30111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Nicollet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.9 sq mi (93.1 km2) |
| • Land | 35.9 sq mi (93.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 988 ft (301 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 346 |
| • Density | 9.6/sq mi (3.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-05410[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0663576[2] |
Bernadotte Township is a township in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 346 at the 2000 census.[needs update] There is an unincorporated community named Bernadotte that is located in the northern part of the township.
Bernadotte Township was organized in 1869, and named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French marshal, later King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Charles III of Norway and founder of the House of Bernadotte.[3]
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 372.