Holst Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota

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Holst Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 47°37′24″N 95°22′24″W / 47.62333°N 95.37333°W

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Holst Township
Township
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Coordinates: 47°37′24″N 95°22′24″W / 47.62333°N 95.37333°W / 47.62333; -95.37333
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Clearwater
Area
• Total	35.6 sq mi (92.2 km²)
• Land	35.1 sq mi (91.0 km²)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1.2 km²)
Elevation	1,539 ft (469 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	316
• Density	9.0/sq mi (3.5/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56652
Area code	218
FIPS code	27-29834^[1]
GNIS feature ID	0664505^[2]

Holst Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census.

History

Holst Township was originally called Silver Creek Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1899.^[3] The present name honors H. J. Hoist, who from 1904 to 1908 was the county sheriff.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km²), of which 35.1 square miles (91 km²) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) (1.35%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000 census,^[1] there were 316 people, 130 households and 92 families residing in the township. The population density was 9.0 per square mile (3.5/km²). There were 151 housing units at an average density of 4.3/sq mi (1.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.37% White and 0.63% Native American.

There were 130 households, of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 2.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.90.

24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.4 males.

The median household income was $35,313 and the median family income was $41,125. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $19,643 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,427. About 2.5% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Tracing townships, settlement names". Farmers Independent. February 20, 2002. p. 7. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 122.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Bagley
Cities	Bagley Clearbrook Gonvick Leonard Shevlin	Map of Minnesota highlighting Clearwater County
Townships	Bear Creek Clover Copley Dudley Eddy Falk Greenwood Hangaard Holst Itasca La Prairie Leon Long Lost Lake Minerva Moose Creek Nora Pine Lake Popple Rice Shevlin Sinclair Winsor
CDPs	Ebro Elbow Lake‡ Rice Lake Roy Lake‡ South End
Unorganized territories	North Clearwater South Clearwater
Unincorporated communities	Alida Weme Zerkel
Indian reservations	Red Lake Indian Reservation‡ White Earth Indian Reservation
Ghost town	Mallard
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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