Back Municipio de Cerro Gordo (Minnesota) Spanish بخش سرو گوردو، مینه سوتا Persian Серро-Гордо (тауншип, Миннесота) Russian سیرو گورڈو ٹاؤن شپ، لاک کی پارل کاؤنٹی، مینیسوٹا Urdu Xã Cerro Gordo, Quận Lac qui Parle, Minnesota Vietnamese 塞羅戈多鎮區 (明尼蘇達州拉基帕爾縣) Chinese
Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota | |
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  Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota Cerro Gordo Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°1′17″N 96°2′5″W / 45.02139°N 96.03472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Lac qui Parle |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2) |
| • Land | 35.8 sq mi (92.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,020 ft (311 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 256 |
| • Density | 7.2/sq mi (2.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-10774[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0663776[2] |
Cerro Gordo Township is a township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census.
Cerro Gordo Township was organized in 1871, and named in commemoration of the Battle of Cerro Gordo.[3]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 289.