Sigel Township, Brown County, Minnesota

Sigel Township
Sigel Township
Location within the state of Minnesota
Sigel Township
Sigel Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°14′4″N 94°33′47″W / 44.23444°N 94.56306°W / 44.23444; -94.56306
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyBrown
Area
  Total
39.6 sq mi (102.6 km2)
  Land38.8 sq mi (100.4 km2)
  Water0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2)
Elevation
981 ft (299 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total
432
  Density11.1/sq mi (4.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code27-60160
GNIS feature ID0665609

Sigel Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 432 as of the 2000 census. The township was first settled in 1856 and organized during the American Civil War in 1862, and was named in honor of German immigrant and Union Army general Franz Sigel.