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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-08-010301.txt : 20080613
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080613105605
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-08-010301
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080611
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080613
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080613

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TARGET CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000027419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
		IRS NUMBER:				410215170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6123046073

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 NICOLLET MALL
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55403

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON HUDSON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DAYTON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19690728

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MINNICK MARY E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179265

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		08897359

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 1734
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4046762121
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    <periodOfReport>2008-06-11</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000027419</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TARGET CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TGT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001179265</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MINNICK MARY E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1000 NICOLLET MALL</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55403</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-06-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2352</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>14175</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of restricted stock units pursuant to the Target Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes dividend equivalents paid on restricted stock units since the date of the reporting person's last filing that have been reinvested in additional restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>minnickpoa.TXT</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David L. Donlin, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-06-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<FILENAME>minnickpoa.txt
<TEXT>

TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director and/or officer of
TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation
(the Corporation), does hereby make,
constitute and appoint ROBERT J. ULRICH,
GREGG W. STEINHAFEL, DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER,
TIMOTHY R. BAER and DAVID L. DONLIN, and
each or any one of them, the undersigneds true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of
substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigneds name, place and stead, to sign
and affix the undersigneds name as director
and/or officer of the Corporation to (1) a
Form 10-K, Annual Report, or other applicable
form, pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act),
including any and all exhibits, schedules,
supplements, certifications and supporting
documents thereto, including, but not limited
to, the Form 11-K Annual Reports of the
Corporations 401(k) Plan and similar plans
pursuant to the 1934 Act, and all amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto, to
be filed by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as required
in connection with its registration under
the 1934 Act, as amended; (2) one or more
Forms 3, 4 or 5 pursuant to the 1934 Act
and all related documents, amendments,
supplementations and corrections thereto,
to be filed with the SEC as required under
the 1934 Act; and (3) one or more Registration
Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8, Form 144
or other applicable forms, and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, thereto,
to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC
in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
debt, equity and other securities of the
Corporation, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with the SEC.

The undersigned also grants to said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any
and all acts necessary or incidental to
the performance and execution of the powers
herein expressly granted.  This Power of
Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked
in writing by the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed
below as of this 12th day of March, 2008.


/s/ Mary E. Minnick
Mary E. Minnick
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