Official Name: | Weimer Township, Minnesota |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Minnesota |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jackson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 90.4 |
Area Land Km2: | 79.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 11.2 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.9 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.6 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 4.3 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 196 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 5.6 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 429 |
Elevation Ft: | 1407 |
Coordinates: | 43.8028°N -95.2853°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 27-69016[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0665946[2] |
Weimer Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 196 at the 2007 census.
Weimer Township was organized in 1871, and named after Weimar, Germany, the original home of an early settler.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90.4 km), of which 30.6 square miles (79.3 km) is land and 4.3 square miles (11.2 km) (12.35%) is water.
As of the census of 2007, there were 196 people, 82 households, and 60 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.6 people per square mile (2.2/km). There were 89 housing units at an average density of 2.6/sq mi (1.0/km). Everybody in town is white.
There were 82 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.00.
Latest Real estate static information released by Niche shows that this city has the median home value of $212,900. Rural ratio of rented houses in this town is about 13% which makes the owned house ratio by 87%.[4]
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 males, there were 126.3 females. For every 100 males age 18 and over, there were 115.0 females.
The median income for a household in the township was $31,667, and the median income for a family was $44,167. Females had a median income of $25,625 versus $16,250 for males. The per capita income for the township was $16,587. About 4.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 7.4% of those 65 or over.
Weimer Township is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Brad Finstad (and formerly represented by Mankato educator Tim Walz, a Democrat). At the state level, Weimer Township is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22C, represented by RepubIican Rod Hamilton.