<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-17-006027.txt : 20170309
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-17-006027.hdr.sgml : 20170309
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170309202813
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-17-006027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170309
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170309
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170309

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:			KNAUSS DONALD R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001282198

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06049
		FILM NUMBER:		17679978

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1734
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30301
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<TYPE>4
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2017-03-09</periodOfReport>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001282198</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KNAUSS DONALD R</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>2017-03-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>54.8641</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>16431.0000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Price is the volume weighted average purchase price of all purchases by the reporting person on the transaction date within a one dollar range.  Actual prices ranged from $54.832 to $54.887.  The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request of the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>knausspoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Andrew J. Neuharth, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-03-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>knausspoa.txt
<TEXT>

TARGET CORPORATION

Power of Attorney
of Director and/or Officer

The undersigned director and/or officer of TARGET CORPORATION,
a Minnesota corporation (the Corporation), does hereby make,
constitute and appoint BRIAN C. CORNELL, CATHY R. SMITH, DON
H. LIU, DAVID L. DONLIN and ANDREW J. NEUHARTH, 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; (2) one or more Forms 3, 4
or 5 pursuant to the 1934 Act, or Forms 144 pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), and all
related documents, amendments, supplementations and corrections
thereto; and (3) one or more Registration Statements, on Form S-3,
Form S-8, 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 1933 Act,
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.

The undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 11th
day of January, 2017.


/s/ Donald R. Knauss
Donald R. Knauss
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
