Elkwood Township, Roseau County, Minnesota

Last updated March 30, 2019

Elkwood Township was formerly a township in Roseau County, Minnesota.

Roseau County, Minnesota County in the United States

Roseau County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Canada–US border. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,629. Its county seat is Roseau. It is south of the border with Manitoba.

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.

History

The township was dissolved in 1937 and is now part of the large unorganized territory of Roseau County. Elkwood Township once had elk roaming in its prairies, but is mostly forested.^[1]

Notes

↑ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 507. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

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[Upham-1] Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 507. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.