Hancock Township, Carver County, Minnesota

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Hancock Township is a township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 336 as of the 2020 census.

History

Hancock Township was organized in 1868, and named for Winfield Scott Hancock, a Union Army general in the Civil War, and afterward candidate for President of the United States.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.95%) is water.

Township 114 North, Range 25 West, Fifth Principal Meridian of the Public Land Survey System.

Lakes

• Assumption Lake

Adjacent townships

• Benton Township (north)
• Dahlgren Township (northeast)
• San Francisco Township (east)
• Faxon Township, Sibley County (south)
• Washington Lake Township, Sibley County (west)
• Young America Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Assumption Catholic Cemetery, Bovy Family Cemetery and West Union Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Demographics

As of the census

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|+ 2000 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

|+ 1996 Precinct Results

|+ 1992 Precinct Results

|+ 1988 Precinct Results

|+ 1984 Precinct Results

|+ 1980 Precinct Results

|+ 1976 Precinct Results

|+ 1968 Precinct Results

|+ 1964 Precinct Results

|+ 1960 Precinct Results

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! Year

! Republican

! Democratic

! Third parties

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| style="text-align:center;" |2020

| style="text-align:center;" |80.3% 175

| style="text-align:center;" |19.3% 42

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% 1

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| style="text-align:center;" |2016

| style="text-align:center;" |71.5% 148

| style="text-align:center;" |18.8% 39

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.7% 20

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| style="text-align:center;" |2012

| style="text-align:center;" |65.1% 140

| style="text-align:center;" |33.5% 72

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% 3

|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2008

| style="text-align:center;" |68.1% 147

| style="text-align:center;" |28.2% 61

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.7% 8

|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004

| style="text-align:center;" |71.3% 154

| style="text-align:center;" |26.9% 58

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% 4

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| style="text-align:center;" |2000

| style="text-align:center;" |68.1% 130

| style="text-align:center;" |25.7% 49

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% 12

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| style="text-align:center;" |1996

| style="text-align:center;" |47.2% 92

| style="text-align:center;" |39.5% 77

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.3% 26

|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1992

| style="text-align:center;" |47.9% 81

| style="text-align:center;" |25.4% 43

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|26.7% 45

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| style="text-align:center;" |1988

| style="text-align:center;" |67.4% 116

| style="text-align:center;" |32.6% 56

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0

|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984

| style="text-align:center;" |68.1% 124

| style="text-align:center;" |31.9% 58

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0

|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980

| style="text-align:center;" |65.0% 126

| style="text-align:center;" |27.8% 54

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.2% 14

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| style="text-align:center;" |1976

| style="text-align:center;" |48.6% 89

| style="text-align:center;" |49.2% 90

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% 4

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| style="text-align:center;" |1968

| style="text-align:center;" |70.2% 118

| style="text-align:center;" |27.4% 46

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% 4

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| style="text-align:center;" |1964

| style="text-align:center;" |60.1% 98

| style="text-align:center;" |39.3% 64

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% 1

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| style="text-align:center;" |1960

| style="text-align:center;" |78.9% 135

| style="text-align:center;" |21.1% 36

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0

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References

• United States National Atlas
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)