Girard Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Girard Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 697 at the 2000 census.

Girard Township was organized in 1882.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km²), of which 25.7 square miles (67 km²) of it is land and 10.0 square miles (26 km²) of it (27.95%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 697 people, 293 households, and 232 families residing in the township. The population density was 27.1 people per square mile (10.5/km²). There were 876 housing units at an average density of 34.0/sq mi (13.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.00% White, 0.14% African American, 0.14% Native American, and 0.72% from two or more races.

There were 293 households out of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.4% were married couples living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.70.

In the township the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,500, and the median income for a family was $46,827. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $26,563 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,295. About 4.7% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

Municipalities and communities of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Fergus Falls
Cities	Battle Lake Bluffton Clitherall Dalton Deer Creek Dent Elizabeth Erhard Fergus Falls Henning New York Mills Ottertail Parkers Prairie Pelican Rapids Perham Richville Rothsay‡ Underwood Urbank Vergas Vining Wadena‡
Townships	Aastad Amor Aurdal Blowers Bluffton Buse Butler Candor Carlisle Clitherall Compton Corliss Dane Prairie Dead Lake Deer Creek Dora Dunn Eagle Lake Eastern Edna Effington Elizabeth Elmo Erhards Grove Everts Fergus Falls Folden Friberg Girard Gorman Henning Hobart Homestead Inman Leaf Lake Leaf Mountain Lida Maine Maplewood Newton Nidaros Norwegian Grove Oak Valley Orwell Oscar Otter Tail Otto Paddock Parkers Prairie Pelican Perham Pine Lake Rush Lake Scambler St. Olaf Star Lake Sverdrup Tordenskjold Trondhjem Tumuli Western Woodside
Unincorporated communities	Carlisle Dunvilla Luce Parkdale Richdale
Indian reservation	Mille Lacs‡
Ghost towns	Parkton Topelius
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 46°19′30″N 95°34′57″W / 46.32500°N 95.58250°W / 46.32500; -95.58250