Fountain Prairie Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota

Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota
Location within the state of Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota is located in the United States
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota
Fountain Prairie Township, Minnesota (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°9′22″N 96°14′22″W / 44.15611°N 96.23944°W / 44.15611; -96.23944
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyPipestone
Area
 • Total
37.2 sq mi (96.3 km2)
 • Land37.2 sq mi (96.3 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
1,804 ft (550 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
199
 • Density5.4/sq mi (2.1/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code27-22130[1]
GNIS feature ID0664209[2]

Fountain Prairie Township is a township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 199 at the 2000 census.

Fountain Prairie Township was organized in 1879, and named after Fountain Prairie, Wisconsin, by a settler from that place.[3]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 417.

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