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| Nebish (township) | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990-2000 Change | |
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| Actual | Percent | |||||
| Population | 272 | 292 | 301 | 318 | 17 | 5.65 |
| Land Area (sq. mile) | 35.90 | 36.09 | 34.32 | 34.30 | -0.02 | -0.07 |
| Density (persons per sq. mile) | 7.58 | 8.09 | 8.77 | 9.27 | 0.50 | 5.72 |
| Housing Units | 76 | 98 | 127 | 127 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Households | -- | 86 | 102 | 110 | 8 | 7.84 |
| Persons Per Household | -- | 3.40 | 2.95 | 2.89 | -0.06 | -2.07 |
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.0 km˛ (35.9 mi˛). 88.8 km˛ (34.3 mi˛) of it is land and 4.1 km˛ (1.6 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 4.46% water.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
There are 110 households out of which 44.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% are married couples living together, 10.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% are non-families. 15.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.89 and the average family size is 3.17.
In the township the population is spread out with 31.8% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 107.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township is $40,833, and the median income for a family is $39,500. Males have a median income of $37,045 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the township is $13,204. 15.0% of the population and 12.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 8.7% of those under the age of 18 and 8.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
NEBISH Township and its lake of this name are from the Ojibwe word anibish, tea, the much relished drink alike of the white settlers and the Indians. The village in section 35 was established in 1898 on the northeast shore of Nebish Lake by Haaversen and Richards, lumbermen who contracted to log for the Crookston Lumber Company; when a spur railroad line was built to Whitefish Lake, a new town was created called Whitefish Junction; in 1905 that line was extended to Bemidji, and in 1913, the site was platted and became the new Nebish. The post office operated 1898-1959 and as a rural branch until 1963; a station of the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railroad was in section 27.
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
NEBISH. Nebish is seven miles north of Buena Vista on Beltrami County 15, at its junction with County 32. Old Nebish, as the first town came to be called, began on the shores of Lake Nebish. It got its post office in 1898, and stage service was established between Nebish and Buena Vista. Nebish was the first southern terminus of the Red Lake Railway, the logging road that ran from Nebish to Redby on Red Lake.
In 1905. It was 3/4 of a mile northwest of the present Nebish and south to the lake. C.W.Highshoe, who came to Nebish about 1920, wrote, "I was going to write a story about Old Nebish once, but when I got at it there was nothing to write; it was just a logging camp." Highshoe explains why Nebish moved:
In 1905. the railroad was extended from Nebish into Bemidji. The town moved up to the corner where it is now about 1912.
I will tell you just what happened. Wilbur Nebish had a land company . . . . the land company said they would give five acres for a graveyard if they would move the townsite to where it is now, and of course, they did.
Information on Old Nebish from C.W.Highshoe, "Old Nebish," North Country (1979), pp.86-88. © Hilda R.Rachuy 1979.
Old Nebish developed into a town after it moved to its present location in 1912. In 1905. the railroad had been extended from Nebish into Bemidji. The new Nebish became a prosperous town, an agricultural center, the destination of many hard-working immigrants. Nebish began to decline after The Minneapolis, Red Lake, and Manitoba Railway( the official title) closed its operation and its tracks were removed in 1939.
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Chairman |
Dick Smith 4058 Spur Line Drive NE Tenstrike, MN 56683 |
(218) 243-2525 |
| Clerk | Sandy Radke
28753 Irvine Avenue NE Puposky, MN 56667 |
(218) 243-2694 |
| Treasurer | Janice Sande
24369 Polaris Road NW Puposky, MN 56667 |
(218) 243-2347 |
| Supervisor | Karl Gustafson
27798 Irvine Avenue NE Puposky, MN 56667 2008 |
(218) 243-3294 |
| Supervisor | Grant Mistic
Lumber Jack Road NW Puposky MN 56667 |
(218) 243-2675 |
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