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  Wisconsin Township, Minnesota at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Wisconsin Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States.
In the township the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the township was $46,607, and the median income for a family was $49,375.
experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/w/wi/Wisconsin_Township,_Minnesota.htm   (326 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wisconsin
It is bounded on the east by Lake Michigan, on the north by the upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan and by Lake Superior, on the west by Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers, and on the south by Illinois.
Wisconsin Indians took part in Braddock's defeat, in the siege of Fort William Henry, and in the defence of Quebec, and in 1760 dispatched a party to the defence of Montreal, but retired before its fall.
In 1774 Wisconsin was annexed to the Province of Quebec.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15661b.htm   (4952 words)

  
 Township (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These townships are normally a quadrangle approximately 6 miles on a side with boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels within established limits, containing thirty-six sections, some of which are designated to take up the convergence of the east and west township boundary lines or range lines.
In most midwestern states, a civil township often corresponds to a single survey township, but in many cases, especially in less populated areas, the civil township may be made up of all or portions of several survey townships.
Township government is used in Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Township_(United_States)   (1006 words)

  
 Wisconsin township, Jackson County, Minnesota (MN) Detailed Profile
Back to: Jackson County, Minnesota (MN), All US cities.
Notable locations in Wisconsin township: Jackson, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Jadkson Speedway.
72% of Wisconsin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
www.city-data.com /township/Wisconsin-Jackson-MN.html   (99 words)

  
 Township Government in Michigan
Township government powers in Michigan have grown to the point that it is difficult to discern the differences between townships, cities and villages.
Township government is conducted by a township board consisting of either five or seven members—a clerk, supervisor, treasurer, and two or four trustees—that is determined by the desires of the township residents, whether the township has a population of over 3,000 or 5,000 registered electors, and if the township has charter status.
General law townships are allocated at least 1 mill from the constitutionally limited 15/18 mills allocated among townships, the county, public schools and the intermediate school district.
www.viennatwp.com /News/township_government_in_michigan.htm   (1217 words)

  
 Civil township - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Civil townships in these states are generally not considered to be incorporated, and nearby cities may annex land in adjoining townships with relative ease.
Minnesota townships can be either Non-Urban or Urban (giving the township government greater power), but this is not reflected in the township's name.
Townships all over the state used to have some official organization and duties, but now are only considered ceremonial divisions of each county, used on land surveys and other real estate documents.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_township   (756 words)

  
 Denmark Township Historical Society
Denmark Township is at the southern tip of Washington County, south of 60th Street (the boundary for the town of Afton) and east of Cottage Grove.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakotas had been part of the former Wisconsin Territory, and the area was left without a governing body.
The Whitaker farm on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi river in Denmark Township is "the oldest family farm in Minnesota," according to the Minnesota Historical Society.
www.dthsmn.org /township.php   (1930 words)

  
 Marshall Township, Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the township the population was spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the township was $47,500, and the median income for a family was $50,536.
At the organizing meeting of June 6, 1870, the people of the township elected two supervisors, a chairman, a clerk, an assessor, a treasurer two justices of the peace and two constables.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marshall_Township,_Minnesota   (536 words)

  
 Township of Millstadt, Illinois -- History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Millstadt Township elected officials are the Supervisor, four Trustees, a Township Clerk, the Assessor, and the Highway Commissioner elected at large to a 4-year term.
The Township's fiscal year runs from March 1 to February 28, with the annual meeting being held by statute on the second Tuesday of April.
Township roads and bridges are maintained under the authority of the Township Highway Commissioner.
www.htc.net /~milltownship/history.html   (664 words)

  
 Schaumburg Township - Township Government in the United States
The total service population of all towns and townships is enormous, but proportionately more operate in very small communities than either municipalities or counties.
Township governments actually were in place in most of the Midwestern states before they achieved statehood.
The territorial governor and legislature began to create county and township governments in 1790, with the townships largely coinciding with the six-mile square land divisions established in the federal surveys of the region.
www.schaumburgtownship.org /govt.htm   (600 words)

  
 Scout.com: 2004 Wisconsin Badgers Football Season Preview
Wisconsin’s offense was alternately extraordinarily potent and impotent last season, the result of talent abashed by injuries and inconsistency.
Wisconsin returns nine starters offensively, but the two departures are huge: wide receiver Lee Evans, quite possibly the most electrifying player in Badger history, and quarterback Jim Sorgi, who played well when healthy last season.
Wisconsin has enough talent to challenge for a BCS Bowl berth, but has made a habit of falling on its face against seemingly overmatched opponents.
wisconsin.scout.com /2/284044.html   (729 words)

  
 Ripley Dairy, Ripley, Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
One of the main reasons many of our small towns in Minnesota are dying is because of the loss of dairy farms in their communities.
The vast majority of Ripley township residents has no stake in agriculture and is far more willing to sign petitions that maintain their status quo and accept LSP propaganda as fact.
Wisconsin is moving quickly to insure that the environment and communities are protected and still allow for the natural expansion of the dairy industry.
www.ripleydairy.com /moreinfo_1.htm   (3322 words)

  
 WCHS: West Lakeland Township, MN
Originally when Minnesota became a state in 1858, and townships were being organized, Lakeland Township was proposed to extend from Stillwater to Afton on Lake St. Croix.
The township formation committee came up with a compromise: the north half of the township became Baytown and the south half Lakeland.
The township made application for a school district to the county commissioners in December 1851, and District Number 1 (later 21) was organized.
www.wchsmn.org /research/communities/west_lakeland_township   (883 words)

  
 Norwegian Settlement at Koshkonong
Land was in short supply and became expensive in the Norwegian settlement in Wisconsin.
Many from this area, including Kristi and her children, moved on to Iowa and Minnesota in the early 1850's.
Records verify that Tarje was established in Houston County, Minnesota in 1854.
www.mnwebsteps.com /grover/Wisconsin.htm   (363 words)

  
 Scout.com: Women’s basketball, wrestling announce recruits
Wisconsin potentially landed one player at each position on the court.
Wisconsin wrestling coach Barry Davis announced Wednesday that seven recruits have signed national letters of intent and will join the Badgers’ 2004-05 wrestling roster.
Wisconsin natives Josh and Jordan Crass (Medford, Wis.), Craig Henning (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) and Dallas Herbst (Winneconne, Wis.) will join William Seth Garvin (Homewood, Ala.), Zachary Tanelli (Short Hills, N.J.) and Kyle Massey (Champlin, Minn.) as members of UW’s newest class.
wisconsin.scout.com /2/200878.html   (658 words)

  
 Antique Maps Of Wisconsin
To the northwest are large, mostly undeveloped counties, and indications of the location of the Native American tribes that had remained in Wisconsin.
A strong, beautifully crafted map of Wisconsin from the mid-nineteenth century, published by Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co..
This map shows Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the very eastern part of Nebraska at a period when these states were growing tremendously.
www.philaprintshop.com /wisconsin.html   (944 words)

  
 Rural Assistance Center :: Minnesota
Minnesota is called the land of 10,000 lakes and gets its name from the Dakota word minisota, meaning “water that reflects the sky.” Minnesota covers 79,610 square miles, with a 2005 estimated population of 5,132,799 people - 1,412,006 living in rural Minnesota (USDA-ERS).
Based in St. Peter, Minnesota, this research organization is providing its policy makers with an unbiased evaluation of issues from a rural perspective.
In northeastern Minnesota, an increasing number of people are seeking services, and local programs are being challenged to increase quality of care, to improve health outcomes, to develop accurate measures for success, and to do more with fewer financial resources.
www.raconline.org /states/minnesota.php   (3908 words)

  
 The City of Minnesota Lake, Minnesota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The town was laid out in October, 1866 on the east bank of the lake from which it derives its name, and was incorporated on February 14, 1876.
Barber's hotel which stood on Main Street was for many years the headquarters of the county, and was known far and wide as one of the principal stopping places on the road for immigrants, travelers and land hunters.
N.J. Kremer returned to Minnesota Lake from Danville township to become one of its most active, prominent, and wealthy citizens.
www.minnesotalake.com /history1.htm   (296 words)

  
 State and Local Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Resident Population and Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives- Wisconsin
Wisconsin Population 2030: A Report on Projected State, County and Municipal Populations and Households for the Period 2000-2030
Land Survey of Wisconsin contains extensive archive of documents and maps relating to the original Public Land Survey of Wisconsin and to the lands that were granted to the state by the federal government.
www.uwrf.edu /library/govdocs/state.html   (662 words)

  
 MND980904049, NPL Fact Sheet | Region 5 Superfund | US EPA
The Kummer Sanitary Landfill site in Northern Township, Minnesota, covers 35 acres on a 40-acre parcel of land which includes the Kummer residence.
In 1982 and 1983, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) sampled groundwater from onsite monitoring wells and found the water to be contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
U.S. EPA has transferred the cleanup of contaminated groundwater to the State of Minnesota, which has amended the remedy to implement institutional controls, restricting the use of groundwater and to conduct groundwater monitoring.
www.epa.gov /R5Super/npl/minnesota/MND980904049.htm   (542 words)

  
 Minnesota Secretary of State - History/Old Stuff
The formation of the state of Iowa in 1846 left Minnesota’s land area west of the Mississippi without territorial government.
The triangular area between the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River was left without territorial government when the state of Wisconsin was admitted to the Union in 1848.
An important provision of the organic act was the reservation of sections 16 and 36 of each township for school purposes.
www.sos.state.mn.us /student/orgnote.html   (251 words)

  
 15th Wisconsin, Profile of Osmund (Oemund) Johnson, aka Osmund Jansen Tvedt
The regiment came under double attack, because an advancing Northern division, not knowing that the Fifteenth Wisconsin Regiment stood in the line of fire, began to fire upon it in the belief that they were enemy troops; and the regiment was shattered.
He was then transferred to Madison, Wisconsin, and honorably discharged from the Army on May 30, 1865.
Osmund took part in the next-to-the-last reunion of the 15th Wisconsin, which was held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
www.15thwisconsin.net /15ko-j01.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Wisconsin State Map to the Dells Mill in Augusta
La Crosse Wisconsin is sometimes misspelled as LaCross WI, LaCrosse Wisconsin or La Cross Wis. Abbotsford is sometimes incorrectly spelled as Abottsford or Abotsford.
Wisconsin is occasionally misspelled as Wesconsin, Wesconsen, Westconsin, Wisconsen or Westconsen, Wiscoinsin, Wescoinsin, Wiscoinsen, Wescoinsen, or Wiesconsen.
Wisconsin Map of Counties in the Indian Head
www.dellsmill.com /Wisconsin_dells_mill_state_map.htm   (429 words)

  
 WCHS: Denmark Township, MN
Denmark Township was established in 1858, the same year that Minnesota became a state.
There are four cemeteries in Denmark Township: Leavitt on Highway 10; Basswood Grove on St. Croix Trail; Evergreen on 90th Street; and Point Douglas across St. Croix Trail from Carpenter Nature Center.
The Denmark Township Historical Society (founded in 2000) is in the process of saving and restoring the Valley School as an educational and community resource.
www.wchsmn.org /research/communities/denmark_township   (1723 words)

  
 Mackinaw Township General Information
School, local, state and federal elections are held at the township hall.
As reported by the 2000 US Census Bureau Mackinaw Township had a population of 576 residents, with 319 residents within the village and 257 outside the village limits.
The township contributes an annual fee for the operation of the Mackinaw Area Public Library The main library is located at 528 W. Central Ave.
www.mackinawtownship.com /general.php   (1609 words)

  
 Incorporating in Minnesota
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www.statelocalgov.net /services/Minnesota_incorporate.cfm   (197 words)

  
 Wisconsin Stories: Native Journey Gallery
There is a fine group on section twelve, township fourteen, range ten, occupying prairie ground near a branch of Grand river.
Further up this river (on section eleven, township fourteen, range eleven) is a collection of about one hundred mounds, mostly of the same form.
Wisconsin Stories home | SHSW | WPT | support history | comments?
www.wisconsinstories.org /2001season/native/gallery/nj_cross.html   (232 words)

  
 Eldorado, Wisconsin: Gazetteers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
A village on the C. and N. Ry., and on the west branch of the Fond du Lac river, in Eldorado township, Fond du Lac county, 10 miles west of Fond du Lac, the county seat and nearest banking point, and 75 from Milwaukee.
On the C. and N. Ry., and on the west branch of the Fond du Lac river, in Eldorado township, Fond du Lac county, 10 miles west of Fond du Lac, the county seat and nearest banking point, and 75 from Milwaukee.
On the C. and N. Ry., and on the west branch of the Fon du Lac river [sic], in Eldorado township, Fond du Lac county, 10 miles west of Fond du Lac, the judicial seat, 4 from Rosendale the nearest banking point, and 75 from Milwaukee.
www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/towns/eldorado_gazetteers.htm   (192 words)

  
 Eureka Township, Minnesota
One of Eureka's partners in the Envisioning Project, 1000 Friends of Minnesota, published articles about the study in its quarterly newsletter in Spring 2002 and August 2002.
The November-December 2003 issue of Minnesota Township News, the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Townships, featured an article about the Envisioning Task Force completing its two-year study.
Work to sustain Minnesota communities and industries and achieve regional sustainability by addressing community-identified agriculture, natural resources, and tourism issues in partnership with the University of Minnesota.
eurekatownship-mn.us /taskforce/envisioning.html   (1028 words)

  
 Discover Wisconsin's Lake Superior Circle Tour Travel
Heading east from Duluth, Mn on US 53, the first stop on the Wisconsin portion of the Lake Superior Circle Route is just over the bridge in Superior, Wisconsin.
(Click here for directory to more campgrounds) Returing to Superior and US 53 and heading east, you'll intersect with Wisconsin highway 13, the preferred scenic route to the Bayfield Peninsula where several quaint villages are located along this route: Port Wing, Herbster, and Cornucopia.
Eventually one reaches the town of Bayfield, the Wisconsin crown jewel of the Lake Superior tour, and its sister village on nearby Madeline Island.
www.superiortrails.com /wisconsin.html   (540 words)

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