Seward Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census.
Geography
thumb|left|Map of Seward Township - 1914
thumb|left|Secretary of State William H. Seward
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.6 km), of which 35.7 square miles (92.3 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.25%) is water. Jack Creek and the south fork of Jack Creek are like a spider web on the map of Seward Township. The creek touches no fewer than twenty of the thirty-six sections of land within the township. Lone Tree Wildlife Management Area is within the township.
Main highways include:
- 20px U.S. Highway 59
- 20px Nobles County Road 7
- 20px Nobles County Road 16
- 20px Nobles County Road 18
History
Organization of Seward Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on September 28, 1872. The first township meeting was held on October 30, 1872, and the name Seward Township was selected at this first meeting in honor of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward who died just twenty days earlier on October 10, 1872. Seward was popular among Civil War veterans, many of whom settled in this township.