NOTICE OF FILING FOR MILTONA
TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS
Notice is hereby given to qualified
voters of Miltona Township, Douglas County, State of
Minnesota, that filing for town office will be held for a
two week period beginning January 3, 2012. Affidavits of
Candidacy shall be filed with the Town Clerk, contact Tom
Blank at 218-943-5299. Filings will close on January 17,
2012 at 5 p.m. Filing fee: $2.00
Offices to be filled at the March Annual Election are:
Supervisor-3 Year Term
Clerk- 2 Year Term
Proposition-question to be voted on at the March Annual
Election are:
1.
WHETHER TO MOVE THE TOWN ELECTION TO NOVEMBER
Shall the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
of the even-numbered years be designated as the date of the
Miltona Township general election?
Thomas A Blank
Clerk, Miltona Township
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.
