Melrose Township is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 759 at the 2010 census. The township includes the northern two-thirds of the City of Melrose.
History
The area of Melrose Township was first settled in the 1840s and was formally founded in 1866. The township's name is a portmanteau of Melissa and Rose, the names of two local pioneer women.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; is land and , or 1.66%, is water.
Melrose Township is located in Township 126 North of the Arkansas Base Line and Range 33 West of the 5th Principal Meridian.
Demographics
At the 2000 census,