Back Municipio de Lake (condado de Roseau) Spanish Лейк (тауншип, округ Розо, Миннесота) Russian لیک ٹاؤنشپ، روسیو کاؤنٹی، منیسوٹا Urdu Xã Lake, Quận Roseau, Minnesota Vietnamese 萊克鎮區 (明尼蘇達州羅索縣) Chinese
Lake Township, Minnesota | |
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  Lake Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Lake Township, Minnesota Lake Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′12″N 95°21′49″W / 48.92000°N 95.36361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Roseau |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.2 sq mi (150.6 km2) |
| • Land | 57.8 sq mi (149.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,083 ft (330 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 2,087 |
| • Density | 36.1/sq mi (13.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-34010[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664658[2] |
Lake Township is a township in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2000 census. This township was originally called Algoma Township, which bears a name of Indian derivation, "formed by Schoolcraft from Algonquin and goma meaning 'Algonquin waters.' It designates a large district in Canada, bordering Lakes Huron and Superior.[3] The name was changed sometime between 1954 and 1965.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 470.