Editing Mud Lake, Minnesota

{{short description|Unorganized territory in Minnesota, United States}}
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'''Mud Lake''' is an [[unincorporated area#U.S. Census Bureau|unorganized territory]] located in [[Marshall County, Minnesota|Marshall County]], [[Minnesota]], United States.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|665062|Unorganized Territory of Mud Lake, Minnesota}}</ref> In all censuses since [[2000 United States census|2000]], the unorganized territory recorded a population of 0.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Mud Lake UT, Marshall County, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Mud%20Lake%20UT,%20Marshall%20County,%20Minnesota |access-date=August 23, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

==History==
Mud Lake was organized as Mud Lake Township, and named for a former lake that has since been drained.<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/n348 329]}}</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the unorganized territory has a total area of {{convert|36.0|mi2|km2}}, of which {{convert|31.3|mi2|km2}} is land and {{convert|4.7|mi2|km2}} (13.03%) is water.

== Demographics ==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were no people living in the unorganized territory.

==References==
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{{Marshall County, Minnesota}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Marshall County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Unorganized territories in Minnesota]]