Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 190, settled in 1870.
The biggest place to walk is Lac Qui Parle State Park, 745 acres with 1.6 miles of trail. Lac qui Parle Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 2 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lac qui Parle Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lac qui Parle Township.
The middle household income for Lac qui Parle Township comes to $107,000, above both the Minnesota town median ($90,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.6%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles. The top destinations are Dawson (30%), Montevideo (15%) and Boyd (4%).
| Lac qui Parle Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lac qui Parle Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 69 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 49% come from inland flooding and 23% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lac qui Parle Township after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 4°; snowfall runs to about 51 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Lac qui Parle Township who smoke cigarettes is 15%, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Lac qui Parle Township is ahead of Minnesota on 1 and behind on 9. Lac qui Parle Township: 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Lac qui Parle Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lac qui Parle Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.3% | 76.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.2 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. The density of trails for Lac qui Parle Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 3, covering 2,936 acres.
| Lac qui Parle Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lac Qui Parle State Park | 1.6 mi | 745 |
| 2. Lac Qui Parle Wildlife Management Area Controlled Hunting Zone | — | 2,088 |
| 3. Lac Qui Parle Wildlife Management Area Main Unit | — | 103 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lac qui Parle Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumSwensson Farm Museum
9 mi MuseumDawson Bank Museum
7 mi MuseumArv Hus MuseumSwensson Farm Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dawson Bank Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arv Hus Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Lac qui Parle Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Lac qui Parle Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Where Lac qui Parle Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Lac qui Parle ( LAK kee PARL) is an unincorporated community in Lac qui Parle Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States. Lac qui Parle Village is the county's first permanently settled community, starting in 1868. During the Dakota war of 1862, the community was vacated. Lac qui Parle village was the original county seat for Lac qui Parle County. The county board met in the hotel and post office building from 1871 to 1875, then in a rented space in the local general store until 1883 when a new courthouse was built. The courthouse was later moved to Madison, in 1889, after a county election chose Madison as the new seat. In 1899, ten years later, a new courthouse was built in.…
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Lac qui Parle Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
