Palmyra Township, Renville County, Minnesota

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Palmyra Township, Renville County, Minnesota - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 44°40′51″N 94°48′11″W / 44.68083°N 94.80306°W

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Palmyra Township, Minnesota
Township
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Coordinates: 44°40′51″N 94°48′11″W / 44.68083°N 94.80306°W / 44.68083; -94.80306
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Renville
Area
• Total	36.3 sq mi (94.0 km²)
• Land	36.3 sq mi (94.0 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	1,112 ft (339 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	215
• Density	5.9/sq mi (2.3/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	27-49606^[1]
GNIS feature ID	0665252^[2]

Palmyra Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 215 at the 2000 census.

History

Palmyra Township was organized in 1872, and named after Palmyra, Wisconsin.^[3]

Wallace Gustafson (1925-2018), Minnesota state legislator and lawyer, was born in Palmyra Township.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.0 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 215 people, 84 households, and 59 families residing in the township. The population density was 5.9 people per square mile (2.3/km²). There were 98 housing units at an average density of 2.7/sq mi (1.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.81% White, 4.19% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.19% of the population.

There were 84 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $45,313. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,838. About 6.2% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those 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.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 458.
^ Wallace F. Gustafson-obituary

v t e Municipalities and communities of Renville County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Olivia
Cities	Bird Island Buffalo Lake Danube Fairfax Franklin Granite Falls‡ Hector Morton Olivia Redwood Falls‡ Renville Sacred Heart	Map of Minnesota highlighting Renville County
Townships	Bandon Beaver Falls Birch Cooley Bird Island Boon Lake Brookfield Cairo Camp Crooks Emmet Ericson Flora Hawk Creek Hector Henryville Kingman Martinsburg Melville Norfolk Osceola Palmyra Preston Lake Sacred Heart Troy Wang Wellington Winfield
Unincorporated communities	Beaver Falls Bechyn Churchill Lakeside
Ghost town	Vicksburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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