Friberg Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Friberg Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 774 at the 2000 census.

Friberg Township was organized in 1874, and named after Freiburg, in Germany.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.8 square miles (93 km²), of which 32.7 square miles (85 km²) is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km²) (8.42%) is water.

Demographics

At the 2000 census,^[2] there were 774 people, 292 households and 221 families residing in the township. The population density was 23.6 per square mile (9.1/km²). There were 361 housing units at an average density of 11.0/sq mi (4.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.48% White, 0.13% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 292 households of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.06.

27.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 109.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.9 males.

The median household income was $40,556 and the median family income was $45,625. Males had a median income of $31,389 compared with $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,184. About 6.9% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 395.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

Municipalities and communities of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Fergus Falls

Cities	Battle Lake Bluffton Clitherall Dalton Deer Creek Dent Elizabeth Erhard Fergus Falls Henning New York Mills Ottertail Parkers Prairie Pelican Rapids Perham Richville Rothsay‡ Underwood Urbank Vergas Vining Wadena‡

Townships	Aastad Amor Aurdal Blowers Bluffton Buse Butler Candor Carlisle Clitherall Compton Corliss Dane Prairie Dead Lake Deer Creek Dora Dunn Eagle Lake Eastern Edna Effington Elizabeth Elmo Erhards Grove Everts Fergus Falls Folden Friberg Girard Gorman Henning Hobart Homestead Inman Leaf Lake Leaf Mountain Lida Maine Maplewood Newton Nidaros Norwegian Grove Oak Valley Orwell Oscar Otter Tail Otto Paddock Parkers Prairie Pelican Perham Pine Lake Rush Lake Scambler St. Olaf Star Lake Sverdrup Tordenskjold Trondhjem Tumuli Western Woodside

Unincorporated communities	Carlisle Dunvilla Luce Parkdale Richdale

Indian reservation	Mille Lacs‡

Ghost towns	Parkton Topelius

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 46°24′42″N 95°58′13″W / 46.41167°N 95.97028°W / 46.41167; -95.97028

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