Page "Seward Township, Nobles County, Minnesota" Paragraph 9

Organization of Seward Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on September 28, 1872.

The first township meeting was held on October 30, 1872, and the name Seward Township was selected at this first meeting in honor of U. S. Secretary of State William H. Seward who died just twenty days earlier on October 10, 1872.

Seward was popular among Civil War veterans, many of who settled in this township.

William Seward is generally known today for his purchase of Alaska-" Seward's Folly "-in 1867.