Acton Township ( ) is a township in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 381 at the 2000 census. The township includes almost all of Grove City.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (6.72%) is water.
Acton Township is located in Township 119 North of the Arkansas Base Line and Range 32 West of the 5th Principal Meridian.
Demographics
thumb|left|A historical marker regarding the Battle of Acton which took place during the Dakota War.
As of the census
Acton Township was the location of the Battle of Acton on September 3, 1862, part of the Dakota War. The nearby murder of five white settlers by a Dakota hunting party in the Acton Incident sparked the war.