Cerro Gordo Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota
Location within the state of Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota is located in the United States
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°1′17″N 96°2′5″W / 45.02139°N 96.03472°W / 45.02139; -96.03472
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyLac qui Parle
Area
 • Total35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2)
 • Land35.8 sq mi (92.7 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
1,020 ft (311 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total256
 • Density7.2/sq mi (2.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code27-10774[1]
GNIS feature ID0663776[2]

Cerro Gordo Township is a township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census.

Cerro Gordo Township was organized in 1871, and named in commemoration of the Battle of Cerro Gordo.[3]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 289.