Minnesota
Norfolk Township
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Norfolk Township, Renville County, Minnesota
Administration: Township officer, 3 supervisors.
Population: 200
Area: 35 square miles.
Norfolk is a small country community with a small township house at an intersection, surrounded by fields of which the main output is corn, beans, wheat, sugar beet and cattle.
There is a Rural Beauty Shop, a recreational vehicle business (campers) and a seed plant; while children are bussed out of the township for school. Otherwise no church, library or grocery stores.
A family orientated community.
Renville County is an agricultural county located in west central Minnesota. The county is well known for its agricultural innovations including crop and animal cooperatives, seed crop breeding and production and farmers willing to experiment with newly developed agricultural technology.
Renville County was named for Joseph Renville, a famous pioneer in the west central frontier of Minnesota. Renville was born in 1779 in the village of Kaposia. His father was a French fur trader and his mother a Dakotah and member of the Little Crows band of Sioux. Renville at the age of 10 was sent to Canada to study the French language and the fundamentals of the Christian religion under the guidance of a Catholic priest. Upon his return to Minnesota he served as a guide and interpreter for the government and fur trading companies.
He established his own trading post at La Qui Parle where he later died. Renville is remembered as a friend to the Sioux Indians and white travelers alike. His relationship with the Indian tribes was instrumental in maintaining peace for the new frontier.
 Renville County, Minnesota - from an 1895 Atlas
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