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{{Short description|Township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota}}
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'''Humboldt Township''' is a [[Township (United States)|township]] in [[Minnehaha County, South Dakota|Minnehaha County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{GNIS|1267936}}</ref>
[[Humboldt, South Dakota]], is the town in Humboldt township.
==History==
Humboldt Township was named for [[Alexander von Humboldt]], a German scientist and writer.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA179|year=1908|page=179}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Minnehaha County, South Dakota}}
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[[Category:Townships in Minnehaha County, South Dakota]]
[[Category:Townships in South Dakota]]
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