Humboldt Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

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Humboldt Township is a township in Minnehaha County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

A township in the United States is a small geographic area.

Minnehaha County, South Dakota County in the United States

Minnehaha County is a county on the eastern border of the state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 169,468, making it the most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat is Sioux Falls, the largest city in the state. The county was created in 1862 and organized in 1868. Its name was derived from the Sioux word Mnihaha, meaning "rapid water," or "waterfall".

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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Humboldt, South Dakota, is the town in Humboldt township.

Humboldt, South Dakota Town in South Dakota, United States

Humboldt is a town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 589 at the 2010 census.

History

Humboldt Township was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German scientist and writer. [2]

Alexander von Humboldt Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Humboldt Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
  2. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 179.

Coordinates: 43°38′40″N97°4′30″W / 43.64444°N 97.07500°W / 43.64444; -97.07500

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