Editing Racine Township, Mower County, Minnesota

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'''Racine Township''' is a [[township (United States)|township]] in [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 445 at the time of the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is [[Racine, Minnesota|Racine]] with a [[population]] of 442 as of the 2010 census.. All other area in the township is [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]].

==History==
Racine Township was organized in 1858.<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/n380 361]}}</ref> The old village of '''Hamilton''' was once located about two miles southeast of the town of [[Racine, Minnesota|Racine]] in the northeast corner of section 1 (the east half of the village was in [[Fillmore County, Minnesota|Fillmore County]]).

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 35.9&nbsp;square miles (93.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all  land.

==Demographics==
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 445 people, 165 households and 128 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was 12.4 per square mile (4.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 175 housing units at an average density of 4.9/sq&nbsp;mi (1.9/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the township was 98.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 165 households, of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.07.

25.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.4 males.

The [[median household income]] was $54,231 and the median family income was $55,833. Males had a median income of $34,375 and females $27,813. The [[per capita income]] was $23,320. About 0.7% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Cemeteries==
*Salem Cemetery is located two miles southwest of [[Racine, Minnesota|Racine]]. Its oldest known [[burial]] dates to 1865.
*St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery is located in the southwest corner of the southeast quadrant of section 18 of the township. Its oldest known burial dates to 1876.
*There is also an unnamed, deserted cemetery located in the southeast corner of the southwest quadrant of section 23 of the township. It was in use from 1859 to 1874.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota|year=1984|author=Mower County History Committee|publisher=Graphic Pub. Co.|location=Lake Mills, Iowa|isbn=9780881880229|lccn=84-062356|oclc=13009348}}

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