Balsam Township is a township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 29 as of the 2020 census. The Savanna Portage, a key passage from precontact Native American times into the early Euro-American settlement period, is preserved within Savanna Portage State Park and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.97%, is water.
Lakes
- Little Prairie Lake
- Little Savanna Lake
- Loon Lake (east quarter)
- Savanna Lake
- Shumway Lake
- Stony Lake
- Wolf Lake (vast majority)
Adjacent townships
- Halden Township, St. Louis County (northeast)
- Prairie Lake Township, St. Louis County (east)
- Beseman Township, Carlton County (southeast)
- Haugen Township (south)
- Shamrock Township (southwest)
- Turner Township (west)
- Cornish Township (northwest)
Demographics
As of the census