Orton Township is a township in Wadena County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census.
History
According to Warren Upham, Orton Township was probably named after an early settler. Jerome Clifford Graba (1928-2004), farmer, logger, and Minnesota state legislator, was born on the family farm in Orton Township.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.8 square miles (90.1 km); 34.4 square miles (89.1 km) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km) of it (1.09%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census