Editing Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota

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|area_code                = [[Area code 507|507]]
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'''Homer Township''' is a township in [[Winona County, Minnesota|Winona County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 1,356 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Homer township, Winona County, Minnesota| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=December 27, 2011}}</ref>

Homer Township was organized in 1858, and named after [[Homer, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n599 582]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|36.5|sqmi|km2}}; {{convert|35.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}}, or 2.79%, is water.  The township contains two properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Willard Bunnell House]] and the [[Pickwick Mill]], both dating to the 1850s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/ |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2017-12-25}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,472 people, 534 households, and 440 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|41.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 571 housing units at an average density of {{convert|16.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 98.71% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.48% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.34% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.41% of the population.

There were 534 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 12.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,693, and the median income for a family was $57,500. Males had a median income of $37,917 versus $26,364 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $22,864.  About 1.6% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
* [[Great River Bluffs State Park]]

==References==
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{{Winona County, Minnesota}}

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[[Category:Townships in Winona County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Townships in Minnesota]]