Leota Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 463 at the 2000 census. Within the township is the CDP of Leota.
Geography
thumb|left|Map of Leota Township - 1914
thumb|left|Homestead of Martin Kallemeyen, first Dutch settler in Leota Township
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. The main geographic feature in Leota Townships is the Champepadan Creek.
Main highways include:
- 20px Minnesota State Highway 91
- 20px Nobles County Road 16
- 20px Nobles County Road 19
- 20px Nobles County Road 20
History
Leota Township was first settled by Dutch farmers who migrated northward from another Dutch Settlement in Orange City, Iowa. Organization of Leota Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on March 18, 1879. The first township meeting was held on April 5, 1879. The story has it that Leota was the name of a young Indian woman who figured in a romantic story familiar to W. G. Barnard, one of the township's first residents. However existence of such a story cannot be verified. If true, Leota Township (and the village of Leota) are the only place names in all of Nobles County that memorialize specific Native Americans.
Demographics
As of the census