Back Municipio de Sandnes Spanish Санднес (тауншип, Миннесота) Russian Xã Sandnes, Quận Yellow Medicine, Minnesota Vietnamese 桑內斯鎮區 (明尼蘇達州耶洛梅德辛縣) Chinese
Sandnes Township, Minnesota | |
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  Sandnes Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Sandnes Township, Minnesota Sandnes Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′26″N 95°38′55″W / 44.67389°N 95.64861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Yellow Medicine |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.1 sq mi (93.4 km2) |
| • Land | 36.1 sq mi (93.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 197 |
| • Density | 5.5/sq mi (2.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-58378[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0665545[2] |
Sandnes Township is a township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 197 at the 2000 census.
Sandnes Township was organized in 1872, and named after Sandnes, in Norway.[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. 596.