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Hassan Township was an urban township in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it was the only township in the county. The population was 2,600 at the 2010 census. The town began incorporation proceedings in 2003 but abandoned its petition and chose to sign a Joint Powers agreement with the nearby city of Rogers to annex the entirety of Hassan Township. The Hassan Town Board approved annexation in June 2008 with orderly annexation to begin in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Rogers, Hassan to merge )〕〔(Joint Powers Agreement )〕 The origin of the name comes from the Dakota word ''chanhasen'' meaning the "sugar-maple tree" (''chan'', tree; ''haza'', a tree with sap). Since the then-township of Chanhassen had established two years before Hassan, the ''chan'' syllable was dropped to avoid confusion. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau as of its 2000 census, the township had a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.32%, is water. The township completely encircled the city of Rogers. County Roads 81, 116, and 144 were three of the main routes in the township. By the 2010 census, the area of the township had declined to the numbers given in the infobox at right. This was due to the absorption of the township by the city of Rogers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hassan Township, Hennepin County, Minnesota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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