Gennessee Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 458 at the 2000 census. The township includes the city of Atwater.

Gennessee Township was organized in 1858, and named after the Genesee River in New York, the home state of a share of the early settlers.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (7.30%) is water.

Gennessee Township is located in Township 119 North of the Arkansas Base Line and Range 33 West of the 5th Principal Meridian.

Demographics

As of the census