Cormorant (Minnesota)
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Location in Minnesota
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| Foundation : | February 26, 1872 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Becker County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 45 ′ N , 96 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,039 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 15.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.9 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 68.2 km 2 (approx. 26 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 414 m | ||
| Postal code : | 56572 | ||
| Area code : | +1 218 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-13276 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 641502 | ||
| Website : | cormoranttownship.org | ||
| Mayor : | Duke the Dog | ||
 Division of the area of Cormorant after the survey to the first settlers |
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Cormorant is a township in Becker County in the US state of Minnesota , about 300 kilometers northwest of the capital Saint Paul and the metropolitan area of Minneapolis-Saint Paul .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , Cormorant has a total area of 93.9 km², of which 68.2 km² is land and 25.70 km² consists of water .
Geographical location
Cormorant is located in the southwest of Becker County; bordered by Otter Tail County to the south and Clay County to the west . There are several large lakes in the area of Cormorant: Big Cormorant Lake to the east , Upper Cormorant Lake , Middle Cormorant Lake , Erikson Lake , Nelson Lake and Turtle Lake to the east and Lake Ida to the south . There are also other smaller lakes in the municipality. The surface is flat, without any significant elevations.
Neighboring communities
All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.
- North: Lake Park Township , 1.4 mi
- Northeast: Audubon Township , 8.4 mi
- East: Lake Eunice Township , 8.7 mi
- Southeast: Dunn Township , Otter Tail County, 8.5 mi
- South: Scambler Township , Otter Tail County, 0.6 mi
- Southwest: Tansem Township , Clay County, 10 mi
- West: Parke Township , Clay County, 8.7 mi
- Northwest: Eglon Township , Clay County, 10 mi
City structure
In Cormorant there is only one village with Cormorant .
History and population development
Settlement in the area of Cormorant began in 1870. The first settler in the area was Dugald Campbell from Glasgow . More followed and on February 26, 1872 the first meeting of the community took place and Cormorant was organized as a township. A first mill was built in 1877 and operated with water power from the dammed water, but later equipped with a steam plant. Around the same time, the first store was opened. At first, Cormorant did not have a post office. The next one was in Fort Pomme de Terre. The Northern Pacific Railway reached Becker County, but a station was built in Audubon, not Cormorant. When William D. Washburn ran for a seat in Congress in 1878 and visited the area, residents pledged their support if they could get a post office in their township. On June 7, 1878, the first postmaster was appointed to the post office of Cormorant, which at that time was still called Cormorant Mills . The name of the post office was changed to Cormorant on August 24, 1881.
The name was derived from Big Cormorant Lake and Upper Cormorant Lake , whose names in turn were taken from the Ojibwe language .
The 2000 census showed Cormorant 965 inhabitants. At the 2010 census , the township had 1,039 inhabitants. According to calculations, the number of inhabitants rose to 1116 by 2016.
politics
The site received greater media attention when a 7-year-old Great Pyrenees named Duke was elected honorary mayor as a so-called write-in candidate with a majority of votes . The residents of the township wanted a personality as mayor who was not so political and would nevertheless represent them well. At a local festival, the right to vote in the election of the honorary mayor could be acquired as part of a fundraising for 1 US dollar. 12 people did so and then wrote the dog's name on the ballot; so the dog had won the election with a majority of the votes cast, because his human opponent had only received 2 or 3 votes. In payment for his services, Duke received an annual supply of dog food. After a one-year term in office, he was re-elected in 2015, 2016 and 2017. After four terms in office, he did not run again in August 2018.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 1 , the south extension to the Minnesota State Route 145 is, and the Minnesota State Route 5 running north to south through Cormorant; the Minnesota State Route 4 and Minnesota State Route 11 run in a west-east direction through the community area.
The nearest airport is the Pelican Rapids Municipal Airport about ten kilometers south of the city at Pelican Rapids .
Public facilities
There are no medical facilities or hospitals in Cormorant. The closest such facilities are in Lake Park and Pelican Rapids.
In Cormorant, there is a branch of the LARL (Lake Agassiz Regional Library) public library on the lower floor of the Community Center.
education
Cormorant Township has a school.
Web links
- Township website ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Warren Upham: Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia . Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-87351-396-8 , pp. 261 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ www.independent.co.uk .
- ^ Becker County Minnesota Genealogy and History. In: genealogytrails.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Cormorant Post Office (historical) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed October 29, 2018
- ^ Cormorant township, Becker County, Minnesota , on factfinder.census.gov (English). Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates , on factfinder.census.gov (English). Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Would-Be Mayor Gracious After Losing to Dog , on abcnews.go.com , August 14, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ a b The Mayor Of Cormorant, Minnesota, A 13-Year-Old Dog Named Duke, Is Retiring After Four Years On The Job , on inquisitr.com, June 24, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Dog elected mayor in Minnesota town of Cormorant for third term in a row , on independent.co.uk , August 23, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ What it's like having Duke the dog as a mayor , on abc.net.au, February 19, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ Minnesota dog mayor retires after 4 years , on abc7chicago.com, June 19, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ↑ Larl Library and Historical Room . ( cormoranttownship.org ).