Hiram Township, Cass County, Minnesota

Hiram Township, Minnesota
Hiram Township, Minnesota
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	0664486

Hiram Township is a township in

2000 census.^[3] Hiram Township was named for Hiram Wilson, a pioneer settler.^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km²), of which 27.1 square miles (70 km²) is land and 8.5 square miles (22 km²) (23.90%) is water.

Lakes

Birch Lake (west three-quarters)
Chub Lake
Crystal Lake
Jackpine Lake
Perch Lake
Perry Lake
Tenmile Lake (south three-quarters)
Tripp Lake
Variety Lake
Wegwos Lake

Adjacent townships

Shingobee Township (north)
Turtle Lake Township (northeast)
Birch Lake Township (east)
Powers Township (southeast)
Deerfield Township (south)
Badoura Township, Hubbard County (southwest)
White Oak Township, Hubbard County (west)

Demographics

As of the

Latino

of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 157 households, out of which 12.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.44.

In the township the population was spread out, with 13.2% under the age of 18, 2.4% from 18 to 24, 15.0% from 25 to 44, 43.1% from 45 to 64, and 26.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,000, and the median income for a family was $36,563. Males had a median income of $29,500 versus $11,964 for females. The

poverty line

, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% 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.
^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved January 2, 2009.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 89.

[GR2-1] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR3-2] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[3] "U.S. Census website". Retrieved January 2, 2009.

[4] Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 89.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Cass County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Walker
Cities	Backus Bena Boy River Cass Lake Chickamaw Beach East Gull Lake Federal Dam Hackensack Lake Shore Longville Motley‡ Pillager Pine River Remer Walker	Map of Minnesota highlighting Cass County
Townships	Ansel Barclay Becker Beulah Birch Lake Blind Lake Boy Lake Boy River Bull Moose Bungo Byron Crooked Lake Deerfield Fairview Gould Hiram Home Brook Inguadona Kego Leech Lake Lima Loon Lake Maple May McKinley Meadow Brook Moose Lake Otter Tail Peninsula Pike Bay Pine Lake Pine River Ponto Lake Poplar Powers Remer Rogers Salem Shingobee Slater Smoky Hollow Sylvan Thunder Lake Torrey Trelipe Turtle Lake Wabedo Walden Wilkinson Wilson Woodrow
Unorganized territories	East Cass North Cass North Central Cass Wahnena
CDP	Whipholt
Unincorporated communities	Ah-gwah-ching Brevik Bridgeman Casino Ellis Esterdy Graff Inguadona Leader Leech Lake Mae Mildred Onigum Oshawa Outing Pontoria Raboin Ryan Village Schley Snowball Sylvan Tobique Wabedo Wilkinson
Indian reservation	Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Ghost town	Cuba
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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