Sargeant Township is a township in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. The largest town in the township is Sargeant with a population of 76 people. All other area in the township is unincorporated.
History
The township is named for its first permanent settler, Harry N. Sargeant, a Canadian. He moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin in 1858 and then to Mower County in March 1865 where he purchased the south half of section 11 of Sargeant Township. The township was organized in 1873 and the Chicago Great Western Railway was built through it in 1887. The village of Sargeant was platted on September 7, 1894 in section 18 along the railroad.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.4 square miles (91.6 km), all land.
Demographics
As of the census