[3] Merlyn Orville Valan (1926-2010), Minnesota state legislator and farmer, was born in Kurtz Township.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.5 square miles (84 km2), all land.

There were 104 housing units at an average density of 3.2 per square mile (1.2/km2).

12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 2.5% of families and 1.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.