Mazeppa Township, Minnesota | |
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 A house and chapel in Mazeppa Township | |
  Mazeppa Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Mazeppa Township, Minnesota Mazeppa Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′50″N 92°29′57″W / 44.23056°N 92.49917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Wabasha |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.3 sq mi (57.7 km2) |
| • Land | 21.8 sq mi (56.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 961 ft (293 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 743 |
| • Density | 34.1/sq mi (13.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55956 |
| Area code | 507 |
| FIPS code | 27-41300[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664940[2] |
Mazeppa Township is a township in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. Mazeppa Township was organized in 1858 and named in honor of Ivan Mazepa, a 17th-century Cossack chief popularized by Lord Byron's poem "Mazeppa".[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. 557.