{{Short description| Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}}{{Infobox body of water | name = Target Lake | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Houston County, Minnesota | group = | coordinates = {{coord|43|47|41|N|91|16|49|W|region:US-MN_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = lake | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | width = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Minnesota | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake in Minnesota. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} '''Target Lake''' is a lake in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.<ref>{{GNIS|653038}}</ref>
Target Lake was so because an early shooting range was located near the lake.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n259|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=240}}</ref>
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Category:Lakes of Minnesota Category:Lakes of Houston County, Minnesota