Guide to Lax Lake Minnesota

Lax Lake is an unincorporated community in Beaver Bay Township in Lake County, Minnesota. The community is located north of the city of Beaver Bay and Silver Bay on Lax Lake Road (Lake County Road 402 / Lake County Road 4).

According to the United States Census Bureau, Beaver Bay Township has a total area of 140.2 square miles (363.1 km²), of which, 138.6 square miles (358.9 km²) of it is land and 1.6 square miles (4.2 km²) of it (1.16%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 582 people, 242 households, and 163 families residing in Beaver Bay Township. The population density was 4.2 people per square mile (1.6/km²). There were 403 housing units at an average density of 2.9/sq mi (1.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.77% White, 0.17% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 1.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.17% of the population.

There were 242 households out of which 20.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.5% were married couples living together, 1.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the township the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,438, and the median income for a family was $49,063. Males had a median income of $42,222 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income for the township was $19,188. About 4.1% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

LAX LAKE, a village in section 11 of T. 56N, R. 8W (Beaver Bay Township), with a post office, 1913-15, was named for the Johannas Waxlax family, Swedish immigrants who came in 1896 and acquired the first homestead; Johannas was killed in a train accident in 1910. The community developed about 1907 when the Alger-Smith Lumber Company's Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railroad reached the area; after the logging was done, the community became largely residential and later a resort area.