Spring Prairie Township, Clay County, Minnesota

Spring Prairie Township
Spring Prairie Township
Location within the state of Minnesota
Spring Prairie Township
Spring Prairie Township (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°56′5″N 96°29′3″W / 46.93472°N 96.48417°W / 46.93472; -96.48417
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyClay
Area
  Total
35.7 sq mi (92.4 km2)
  Land35.6 sq mi (92.3 km2)
  Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
506
  Density14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code27-62032
GNIS feature ID0665679

Spring Prairie Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 506, up from 368 at the previous census.

The township is notable for being the home of an established Hutterite colony, called Spring Prairie Colony. As a result about a fourth (25.7%) of the township speak an other than English or Spanish Indo-European language, most likely the Hutterite German.