Back Municipio de Staples Spanish Стейплс (тауншип, Миннесота) Russian Xã Staples, Quận Todd, Minnesota Vietnamese 斯泰普爾斯鎮區 (明尼蘇達州托德縣) Chinese
Staples Township, Minnesota | |
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  Staples Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Staples Township, Minnesota Staples Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°19′40″N 94°49′44″W / 46.32778°N 94.82889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Todd |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.9 sq mi (87.7 km2) |
| • Land | 32.7 sq mi (84.7 km2) |
| • Water | 1.2 sq mi (3.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,286 ft (392 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 597 |
| • Density | 19.0/sq mi (7.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 56479 |
| Area code | 218 |
| FIPS code | 27-62464[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0665697[2] |
Staples Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 622 at the 2000 census and in the 2020 census it was 597.[3]
Staples Township was organized in 1882, and named for Samuel and Isaac Staples, businessmen in the lumber industry. The Staples brothers arrived in Minnesota from Maine and came to Staples via Stillwater, MN. Staples is also a town in the township. Part of the town of Staples is in Todd County and part of it is in Wadena County. [4]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Minnesota's Population at 5,706,494 in 2020, Up 7.6% Since 2010". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 546.