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This is a list of townships in Iowa by county based on United States Geological Survey and U.S. Census data. See: List of Iowa townships , List of counties in Iowa , List of cities in Iowa . Contents:
Coralville is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coralville incorporated as a city in 1873. The city's name comes from the fossils that are found in the limestone along the Iowa River. 26 North Liberty: 20,479 Johnson: The North Liberty area was first settled in 1838 by John Gaylor and Alonzo C. Dennison.
The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th state in the union, on December 28, 1846, [3] by which point 44 counties had been created. Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County , was created. [ 4 ]
Simplified map of Iowa Bedrock formations of Iowa The geography of Iowa includes the study of bedrock, landforms, rivers, geology, paleontology and urbanisation of the U.S. state of Iowa . The state covers an area of 56,272.81 sq mi (145,746 km 2 ).
This alphabetic list of townships in Iowa and their counties is based on the U.S. Census for 2000. Iowa has 1,599 townships. Townships in the U.S. state of Iowa are distinct geographical areas. For civil administrative purposes, Iowa state law allows each county board of supervisors to divide the county into townships. [1]
The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area is also considered part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis. [22] [23] The Quad Cities area is distinctive because the Mississippi River flows from east to west as it passes through the heart of the area; the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf are located due north of Rock Island and Moline, respectively.
The western route became Iowa 183, and the eastern route reverted to Iowa 136. By 1973, that new stretch of road had been extended fourteen miles (23 km) along a four-lane bypass around Ames. The old alignment became Iowa 930. [28] [29] In eastern Iowa, a new, twenty-mile-long (32 km) freeway connected DeWitt and Clinton by 1976.
Eastern end of Iowa 4 overlap: Palo Alto–Kossuth county line: Fern Valley–Fairfield– Lotts Creek–Whittemore township quadripoint: 119.698: 192.635: Iowa 15 south – West Bend: Western end of Iowa 15 overlap: Kossuth: Lotts Creek–Whittemore township line: 120.687: 194.227: Iowa 15 north – Fenton: Eastern end of Iowa 15 overlap ...