Walnut Lake Township is a township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 251 at the 2000 census.
Walnut Lake Township was organized in 1861, and named after a former lake where white walnut trees grew.
History
Ghost Town: Walnut Lake, Faribault County WALNUT LAKE Township, settled in June 1856, organized in 1861, bears the name of its large lake, referring to its butternut trees, also called oil-nut and white walnut. It is translated from the Dakota name Tazuka. The village of Walnut Lake, section 27, on the northwest side of Walnut Lake, flourished with hotels, a post office, a school, several stores, dwellings, and a blacksmith shop. Its first post office operated 1860–69, when it was transferred to Wells; a second post office operated 1870–82. The village was a popular stage stop for persons hunting lands to the west.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.0 km), of which 34.9 square miles (90.4 km) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km) (2.81%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census