Aitkin Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota

Aitkin County

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The Aitkin Township is one of 40 townships in Aitkin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the Aitkin Township had 856 inhabitants.

Geography

The Aitkin Township is located in the center of northeastern Minnesota, is drained by the upper Mississippi and is located at 46 ° 32'21 " north latitude and 93 ° 45'43 " west longitude. The township spread over 89.9 km ², spread to 84.1 km ² land and 5.9 km ² water surface.

The border with Wisconsin is located approximately 130 km to the west; the border to Canada is located approximately 280 km north of the township. See the upper lake is located about 150 km to the west and the Twin Cities are about 200 km in the south.

The Aitkin Township is located in the west of Aitkin County and is bordered to the north to unorganized territory. In the southeast of Aitkin Township encloses almost completely the city Aitkin, which does not belong to the township. In the west, northwest and southwest of the Crow Wing County borders. The Township is bordered on the northeast by Morrison, on the east by Spencer and on the south by the farm Iceland Township.

Traffic

Due to the extreme southeast of the territory of the Aitkin Township leads the U.S. Highway 169, the southern arterial road of the city of Aitkin. The western exit road of Aitkin is formed by the Minnesota State Route 210, which passes through the entire southern part of the Township. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partially unpaved roadways.

Parallel to the MN 210 runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway.

The nearest major airport is 230 km south to Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Aitkin Township 856 people in 353 households. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 353 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white and 0.5 percent of Native Americans; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 56,100. The per capita income was $ 33,734. 9.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns

In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Aitkin Township.