Hettinger Township is a township in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168.
Hettinger, the county seat and the largest city in Adams County, is in Hettinger Township.
Hettinger was named by American surveyor general E.A. Williams after his father-in-law, Mathias Hettinger.
Hettinger's population was 237 in the 1930 Census (excluding the city of Hettinger), and that number fell to 145 by 1940. Its population as of 2010 was 195.
According to the 2010 census, the racial makeup of the township was 96.41% White, 2.05% Black, 0.51% Asian, 0.51% Hispanic of any race, and 1.03% multiracial.