View source for Le Roy Township, Mower County, Minnesota

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'''Le Roy Township''' is a [[township (United States)|township]] in [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower County]], [[Minnesota]], United States.<ref>[http://www.leroy-mn.org/ Official site of Le Roy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625101226/http://www.leroy-mn.org/|date=2007-06-25}}</ref> The population was 396 at the 2000 census. The [[town]] in the township with the largest [[population]] is [[Le Roy, Minnesota|Le Roy]] with 925 people. The township is also home to [[Lake Louise State Park]], the only [[List of Minnesota state parks|Minnesota State Park]] in Mower County and the southernmost in the state. The [[Le Roy, Minnesota|Old Village of Le Roy]] was the first area in the township to be [[settler|settled]].
==History==
Le Roy Township was organized on May 11, 1858<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n379 360]}}</ref> at a meeting held at the house of Daniel Caswell. The township was named after Caswell's native home in [[Le Roy, New York]]/<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iMY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oxEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1865%2C665678|title=The early days of LeRoy|work=The Horry Independent|date=Mar 2, 2006|access-date=17 October 2015|pages=23}}</ref>
Le Roy was a small village on the banks of the Little Iowa River, one of the small [[stream]]s that eventually become the [[Upper Iowa River]].<ref>[http://www.leroy-mn.org/history/index.html History of Le Roy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627043250/http://www.leroy-mn.org/history/index.html|date=2007-06-27}}</ref> It was located in section 28 of Le Roy Township. Henry Edmonds, the first citizen of "Old Town," erected a [[watermill|mill]] on the river in 1855. The small village was [[wiktionary:plat|platted]] on April 24, 1857. When the [[railroad]] was being built about one mile to the southeast in the area that is the modern-day town of Le Roy, some of the settlers starting making plans. When the first [[train]] rolled into "Le Roy Station" in August 1867, it dropped off building supplies for the new town. The new town was platted in September 1867 and some of the businesses and houses of Old Le Roy were moved intact to the new town.
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|35.4|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}}  (0.08%) is water. The small streams of the southeastern part of the township are tributaries of the [[Upper Iowa River]], which eventually winds its way to the [[Mississippi River]].
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 396 people, 142 households, and 111 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|11.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 149 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 99.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.51% from two or more races.
There were 142 households, out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 0.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the township the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $37,857, and the median income for a family was $42,292. Males had a median income of $29,028 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $24,077. About 1.9% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.
==Cemeteries==
*Bethany Lutheran Cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the southwest quadrant of section 11 of the township. Its oldest known [[burial]] dates to 1879.
*Le Roy Lutheran Cemetery is located in section 28 of the township.
*St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery is adjoined to Le Roy Lutheran Cemetery.
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota|year=1984|author=Mower County History Committee|publisher=Graphic Pub. Co.|publication-place=Lake Mills, Iowa|lccn=84-062356|oclc=13009348}}
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