Iowa Township (Jackson County, Iowa)
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Location in Iowa
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Iowa | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 6 ′ N , 90 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 772 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 6.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 119.6 km 2 (approx. 46 mi 2 ) of which 113.4 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 243 m | ||
| Postal code : | 52064 | ||
| Area code : | +1 563 | ||
| FIPS : | 19-92067 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 468082 | ||
 Location of the Iowa Township in Jackson County |
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The Iowa Township is one of 18 townships in Jackson County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Iowa .
geography
The Iowa Township is located in eastern Iowa on the western bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . The Wisconsin border is approximately 60 km north.
The Iowa Township is located at 42 ° 06'24 "north latitude and 90 ° 15'31" west longitude and extends over 119.6 km², which is spread over 113.4 km² of land and 6.2 km² of water.
The Iowa Township is located to the east of Jackson County and is bordered by Clinton County to the south . In the northeast, the Mississippi forms the border with Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties in Illinois. Within Jackson County, Iowa Township borders the Union Township in the southeast , Van Buren Township in the west and Washington Township in the northwest .
The far north of the township protrudes into the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge , a large sanctuary on the Upper Mississippi that extends over the states of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota .
traffic
Along the Mississippi here the Iowa-section passing through the Iowa Township Great River Road forming US Highway 52 . Iowa Highway 64 runs through the south in a west-east direction . All other roads are either county roads or subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
A Canadian National Railway runs along the Mississippi River through Iowa Township .
The closest airfields are the Tri-Township Airport near Savanna in Illinois, around 20 km to the east, and Clinton Municipal Airport, around 35 km to the south . The nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport (around 90 km south).
population
At the 2010 census , the township had 772 residents. In addition to scattered settlements, the following settlements exist in the Iowa Township:
- Miles 1
1 - partly in the Van Buren Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 4, 2012
- ↑ Census Data Center - Iowa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 4, 2012
