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from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDead Lake Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 535 at the 2020 census. Dead Lake Township was organized in 1897, and named for a local lake commemorating a massacre of the Ojibwe Indians.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 494 to 535 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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