Special Meeting Saturday August 28, 2010 at 11:30 am. This
meeting is at the Fire Hall and will be a presentation from
Wenck Associates Inc about the grant received by the township to
study septic systems on the south east side of Lake Miltona.
Landowners involved were notified and asked to attend this
meeting for input.
Miltona Township is located in
Douglas County Minnesota and was established 19 December
1871; it is comprised by congressional Township 130, Range
37. The odd sections were secured by the old St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Company. The even numbers were mostly taken
by homestead patents.
Lake Miltona was named for Mrs. Florence Miltona Roadruck,
wife of Benjamin Franklin Roadruck. The family homesteaded
in Section 22 of Leaf Valley Township. In 1877, they sold
their land and returned to Indiana. Lake Irene, was named
for Irene Roadruck whose mother gave Miltona its name.
According to the 2000 United States Census Bureau, the
township had a total population of 814. The township
has a total of 35.8 square miles 27.1 of it is land and 8.7
of it is water. Of the 814 people, 345 household and 259
families residing in the township. To view the land
owner in Douglas County go to the
Douglas County Survey and Geographic Information System (GIS)
site.
