San Francisco Township is a rural township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 871 as of the 2020 census.
History
San Francisco Township was organized in 1858, and named after San Francisco, California.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.0 square miles (62.2 km), of which 23.1 square miles (60.0 km) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km) (3.66%) is water.
Township 114 North, Range 24 West, Fifth Principal Meridian of the Public Land Survey System.
Lakes
- Hallquist Lake
- Horse Shoe Lake
- Johnson Lake
- Kelly Lake
- Long Lake
- Lundquist Lake
- Rapid Lake
- Scott Lake
Adjacent townships
- Dahlgren Township (north)
- Louisville Township, Scott County (east)
- Sand Creek Township, Scott County (east)
- St. Lawrence Township, Scott County (southeast)
- Faxon Township, Sibley County (west)
- Hancock Township (west)
- Benton Township (northwest)
Cemetery
The township contains Swedish Methodist Cemetery.
Demographics
As of the census
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! Year
! Republican
! Democratic
! Third parties
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| style="text-align:center;" |2020
| style="text-align:center;" |66.1% 425
| style="text-align:center;" |31.7% 204
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% 14
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| style="text-align:center;" |2016
| style="text-align:center;" |64.6% 381
| style="text-align:center;" |27.5% 162
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.9% 47
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| style="text-align:center;" |2012
| style="text-align:center;" |58.9% 331
| style="text-align:center;" |39.3% 221
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% 10
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| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| style="text-align:center;" |57.1% 301
| style="text-align:center;" |41.6% 219
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% 7
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| style="text-align:center;" |2004
| style="text-align:center;" |56.4% 297
| style="text-align:center;" |42.7% 225
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% 5
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2000
| style="text-align:center;" |56.0% 262
| style="text-align:center;" |38.9% 182
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% 24
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1996
| style="text-align:center;" |31.3% 118
| style="text-align:center;" |50.9% 192
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.8% 67
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| style="text-align:center;" |27.8% 111
| style="text-align:center;" |34.0% 136
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|38.3% 153
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| style="text-align:center;" |1988
| style="text-align:center;" |49.2% 164
| style="text-align:center;" |50.8% 169
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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| style="text-align:center;" |1984
| style="text-align:center;" |60.8% 194
| style="text-align:center;" |39.2% 125
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1980
| style="text-align:center;" |45.7% 155
| style="text-align:center;" |40.7% 138
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.6% 46
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| style="text-align:center;" |1976
| style="text-align:center;" |43.0% 116
| style="text-align:center;" |54.4% 147
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% 7
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| style="text-align:center;" |1968
| style="text-align:center;" |57.5% 111
| style="text-align:center;" |37.8% 73
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% 9
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| style="text-align:center;" |1964
| style="text-align:center;" |41.1% 69
| style="text-align:center;" |58.9% 99
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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| style="text-align:center;" |1960
| style="text-align:center;" |67.4% 122
| style="text-align:center;" |32.6% 59
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% 0
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References
External links
- United States National Atlas
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)