Lismore Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 232 at the 2000 census.
Geography
thumb|left|Map of Lismore Township - 1914
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.7 km<sup>2</sup>), all land. The main geographic feature of Lismore Township is the Elk Creek, which flows westward and eventually joins the Big Sioux River system. (A separate and distinct Elk Creek exists elsewhere in Nobles County and flows eastward, joining the Des Moines River system.)
Main highways include:
- 20px Minnesota State Highway 91
- 20px Nobles County Road 14
- 20px Nobles County Road 16
- 20px Nobles County Road 19
History
thumb|left|Farmstead and family of Mr. Robert Sell, one of the original pioneers of Lismore Township
thumb|left|Father C. J. Knauf played an important role in the settlement of Lismore Township
Organization of Lismore Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on July 21, 1880. The first town meeting was held on August 9, 1880. Bishop John Ireland's Catholic Colonization program brought more than 4,000 people from slums and impoverished areas of Ireland to southwestern Minnesota. Many of them settled in and around Adrian. In honor of the Irish settlers, Father C. J. Knauf, the parish priest in Adrian and Bishop Ireland's colonization agent in Nobles County, suggested the name Lismore, after a village in County Waterford, Ireland, noted for its beautiful castle. The town of Lismore, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1902 and named after the township
Demographics
As of the census