Heatwole, Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Heatwole was a community in section 25 of Lynn Township
in McLeod County
, Minnesota
.
, a newspaper editor and Republican
politician who served as mayor of Northfield
and Representative to the 54th-57th Congresses. Heatwole had a post office from 1899 until 1903.
Lynn Township, Minnesota
Lynn Township is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 604 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.1 square miles , of which, 31.8 square miles of it is land and 1.4 square...
in McLeod County
McLeod County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,898 people, 13,449 households, and 9,427 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 14,087 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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History
The town of Heatwole was named in honor of Joel Prescott HeatwoleJoel Heatwole
Joel Prescott Heatwole was a U.S. House Representative from Minnesota.He was born at Waterford Mills, Indiana. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer’s trade...
, a newspaper editor and Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
politician who served as mayor of Northfield
Northfield, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...
and Representative to the 54th-57th Congresses. Heatwole had a post office from 1899 until 1903.