Carson Township, Minnesota

**Carson Township** is a township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 283 at the 2020 census.

## History

Carson Township was organized in 1871. It was named for Kit Carson, an American frontiersman.

## Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of . Of that area,  is land and , or 1.7%, is water.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 283 people, 106 households, and 73 families living in Carson Township. The population density was . There were 120 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 93.3% White (non-Hispanic), 3.2% other races (non-Hispanic), and 3.5% Hispanic or Latino.

There were 106 households. Of those, 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together. 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.1% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67.

In the township, the population had 21.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.9 years. There were 149 males and 134 females.

In 2022, the median (middle) income for a household in the township was about $79,297. The median income for a family was about $91,250. The per capita income for the township was about $39,822.  About 3.1% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 23.7% of those age 65 or over.

## Politics

Since 2023, Carson Township is in Minnesota's 7th congressional district. It is represented by Michelle Fischbach, a Republican.  At the state level, Carson Township is in Senate District 21, represented by Republican Bill Weber. It is in House District 21A, represented by Republican Joe Schomacker.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Carson Township, Minnesota
- **settlement type**: Township
- **pushpin map**: Minnesota#USA
- **pushpin label**: Carson Township
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the state of Minnesota
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Minnesota
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Minnesota, County
- **subdivision name2**: Cottonwood County, Minnesota, Cottonwood
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 93.0
- **area land km2**: 91.4
- **area water km2**: 1.6
- **area total sq mi**: 35.9
- **area land sq mi**: 35.3
- **area water sq mi**: 0.6
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 283
- **population density sq mi**: 8.0
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation m**: 425
- **elevation ft**: 1394
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 27-10108
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0663757