EMPIRE TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- A new addition is coming to the map of Minnesota. Empire is a township in Dakota County that's on track to become the state's newest city at the end of the month.

A decade ago, political map makers drew a line through a driveway in tiny Germantown Township in southwestern Minnesota, separating two homes on the same farm into different congressional ...

There are approximately 918,256 township residents in 1,776 townships in Minnesota. Townships exist in every area of the state, including the metropolitan area.