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In the township the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years.
Art Mattson Store, Vernon Center, Minnesota. Vernon Center was platted in 1857. [8] It was named after Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington. [9] On the morning of October 25, 2005, the grain elevator in downtown Vernon Center, filled with 200,000 bushels (5,000 metric tons) of corn, exploded, injuring six people. Flames from the ...
Vernon Township is a township in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 567 at the 2000 census. The population was 567 at the 2000 census. Vernon Township was organized in 1858, and named after Mount Vernon , the estate of George Washington .
Blue Earth County is a county in the state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,112. [2] Its county seat is Mankato. [3] The county is named for the Blue Earth River and for the deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the banks of the Blue Earth River.
Vernon Center is the name of some communities in the United States: Vernon Center, Minnesota , a small city Vernon Center Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
The southern part, in contrast, is flat and wet, more suited to grazing livestock. The soil is very fertile, with heavy black loam. Dodge is one of seven southern Minnesota counties that have no forest ecosystems; only prairie and savanna soils exist here. Dodge County's plentiful sand and rock also make the area a center for building.
It was the oldest bridge of its type left in the state [5] when it was listed at that location on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [6] It was moved again in 1984 [3] to its present location where it carries a hiking and bicycle path over Shanaska Creek in Lake Washington Park near Kasota, Minnesota. [7]
Shelby Township was organized in 1858, the year Minnesota achieved statehood. The township's main inducement to settlement was its rich prairie loam, rendered still more attractive by the availability of wood lots along the Blue Earth River. By 1860, Shelby Township was the most populous in Blue Earth County.