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Jackson Co, MN
Towns and Township
In the list below you will find a list of towns and townships located in Jackson County, MN. Next to each town/township, you will find some general information regarding that location. Visit the maps page to see the location of these towns and townships.
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Town / Township
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Details
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| Alba Township | Organized September 21, 1872 |
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Alpha |
Located in Wisconsin Township, sections 11-14, platted in 1895 and incorporated July 3, 1899 |
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Belmont Township |
Organized January 5, 1867 named for a Norwegian settler |
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Bergen Township |
see Delafield Township |
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Bergen |
Village in section 24 of Christiania Township. |
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Brownsburg |
Village in Belmont Township, section 28, established in 1875 as a Norwegian settlement and named for brothers Ole A. and Bredey A. Brown. |
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Christiania Township |
Organized March 4, 1871 |
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Delafield Township |
Organized October 11, 1870, first called Pleasant Prairie, then Orwell and Bergen. Then, named Delafield on March 4, 1871. |
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Des Moines Township |
Organized April 2, 1866 |
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Desmoin Lake |
Village in Des Moines Township, first settled before 1857; only a few buildings were erected; no trace remains. |
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Eden Township |
see Weimer Township |
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Enterprise Township |
Organized March 4, 1871 was named in accordance with the suggestion of Samuel D. Lockwood and Anders Roe, early settlers of this township. |
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Ewington Township |
Organized March 28, 1873 and was named for Thomas C. Ewing and family, who were its first settlers. |
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Frog Point |
see Belmont Township |
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Heron Lake |
A city in sections 19 and 30 of Weimer Township was platted in June 1872 by the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad and was incorporated as a village on November 17, 1881. |
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Heron Lake Township |
Organized September 7, 1870 |
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Hunter Township |
Organized February 13, 1872, was named in honor of James Wilson Hunter. |
| City in Des Moines Township, sections 23-26, and the county seat. | |
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Jackson Township |
see DesMoins Township |
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Kimball Township |
Organized March 23, 1872, was named in honor of Wilbur S. Kimball. |
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La Crosse Township |
Organized in September 1872 |
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Lakefield |
City located at the border of Heron Lake and Hunter Townships, founded in 1879. |
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Middletown Township |
Between Petersburg and Minneota, was organized May 10, 1869 |
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Miloma |
Village in section 35 of La Crosse Township. |
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Minneota Township |
Organized October 15, 1866 |
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Minneota |
Village located in Minneota Township around 1940 |
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Namsos |
Village in sections 21 and 22 of Kimball Township. |
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Okabena |
City in sections 7 and 8 of West Heron Lake Township, was founded in September 1879 |
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Orwell Township |
see Delafield Township |
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Petersburg Township |
Organized April 2, 1866, named for Rev. Peter Baker who settled in this township in 1860. |
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Petersburg |
The village in section 28 was settled in the 1870s and platted in 1898; its post office operated 1867-1967. |
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Pleasant Prairie Township |
see Delafield Township |
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Rost Township |
Organized February 3, 1874, was named in honor of Frederick Rost, an early settler who came there in 1869. |
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Round Lake Township |
Organized in October 1869 |
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Sioux Valley Township |
Organized February 27, 1874 |
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Springfield |
see Jackson |
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Swastika Beach |
Village in section 5 of Christiania Township |
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Weimer Township |
Organized May 27, 1871. First called Eden then changed to Weimer on October 20, 1871 |
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West Heron Lake Township |
Organized January 7, 1874 |
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Wilder |
City in sections 6 and 7 of Delafield Township, was located and named in November 1871 for Amherst Holcomb Wilder. |
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Wisconsin Township |
Organized April 10, 1869 |