Back Municipio de Minneota Spanish Миннеота (тауншип, Миннесота) Russian Xã Minneota, Quận Jackson, Minnesota Vietnamese 明尼奧塔鎮區 (明尼蘇達州傑克遜縣) Chinese
Minneota Township, Minnesota | |
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  Minneota Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Minneota Township, Minnesota Minneota Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°32′20″N 95°8′57″W / 43.53889°N 95.14917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Jackson |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.2 sq mi (93.8 km2) |
| • Land | 33.6 sq mi (87.0 km2) |
| • Water | 2.6 sq mi (6.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,440 ft (439 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 285 |
| • Density | 8.5/sq mi (3.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-43108[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664990[2] |
Minneota Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 285 at the 2000 census.
Minneota Township was organized in 1866, and derives its name from the Dakota language word meaning "much water".[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.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 262.