Germania Township, Minnesota | |
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 Germania Hall, a long-serving event hall built in 1917 | |
  Germania Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Germania Township, Minnesota Germania Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°13′51″N 94°57′37″W / 46.23083°N 94.96028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Todd |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.4 sq mi (94.3 km2) |
| • Land | 36.4 sq mi (94.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,385 ft (422 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 474 |
| • Density | 13.0/sq mi (5.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-23552[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664261[2] |
Germania Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census and 527 in the 2020 census.[3] Germania Township was organized in 1880, and named for the steamship Germania which Paul Steinbach, a German settler had arrived on.[4] The 1917 Germania Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bureau, US Census. "Minnesota's Population at 5,706,494 in 2020, Up 7.6% Since 2010". Census.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 544.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.