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| Wabedo (township) | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990-2000 Change | |
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| Actual | Percent | |||||
| Population | 157 | 273 | 269 | 375 | 106 | 39.41 |
| Land Area (sq. mile) | 23.50 | 28.46 | 24.65 | 24.65 | -0.00 | -0.00 |
| Density (persons per sq. mile) | 6.68 | 9.59 | 10.91 | 15.21 | 4.30 | 39.41 |
| Housing Units | 294 | 555 | 587 | 650 | 63 | 10.73 |
| Households | -- | 114 | 113 | 175 | 62 | 54.87 |
| Persons Per Household | -- | 2.39 | 2.38 | 2.14 | -0.24 | -10.10 |
There are 175 households out of which 12.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% are married couples living together, 0.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% are non-families. 18.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.14 and the average family size is 2.37.
In the township the population is spread out with 12.3% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 13.6% from 25 to 44, 41.6% from 45 to 64, and 29.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 57 years. For every 100 females there are 119.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 113.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township is $36,979, and the median income for a family is $43,500. Males have a median income of $35,208 versus $25,833 for females. The per capita income for the township is $21,022. 3.4% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 6.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
WABEDO Township (accenting the first syllable) received its name from its Wabedo Lake. Warren, writing in 1852 in his History of the Ojibway People, related that an invading war party of the Dakota, about the year 1768, came "into Wab-ud-ow lake, where they spilt the first Ojibway blood, killing a hunter named Wab-ud-ow (White Gore), from which circumstance the lake is named to this day by the Ojibways." The same party, advancing northward, killed three boys gathering rice, whence Boy Lake and River received their name, as noted on a preceding page. Gilfillan spelled Wabedo Lake as "Wabuto sagaiigun, or Mushroom lake." A post office was located on the border of Wabedo and Blind Lake Townships, 1906-35, which was earlier named Estherville, 1904-6, with Esther M. Madson, postmaster.
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
| Wabedo Township 1535 Bargen Lane NE Longville, MN 56655 Web: http://wabedo.govoffice.com/ |
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| Chair | Bill Bliss | (218) 363-2335 |
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Vice Chair |
Patrick Butler | (218) 363-2528 |
| Supervisor | Ralph Schmidt | (218) 363-3326 |
| Treasurer | Carole Houghton | (218) 363-2286 |
| Clerk | Barbara Anderson | (218) 363-2649 |
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None since 1935, served by the Longville Post Office |

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