Urness Township, Douglas County, Minnesota

Urness Township is a township in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 266 at the 2000 census.

Urness Township was organized in 1869, and is said to be named after a place in Norway.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.5 km²), of which 31.9 square miles (82.6 km²) of it is land and 3.8 square miles (9.9 km²) of it (10.69%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 266 people, 105 households, and 82 families residing in the township. The population density was 8.3 people per square mile (3.2/km²). There were 183 housing units at an average density of 5.7/sq mi (2.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.50% White, 0.75% Asian, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.13% of the population.

There were 105 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.4% were married couples living together, 1.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.84.