Cedar Township, Benton County, Iowa

Cedar Township
Cedar Township
	Township
	Location in Benton County
	Coordinates: 42°15′35″N92°06′49″W / 42.25972°N 92.11361°W Coordinates: 42°15′35″N92°06′49″W / 42.25972°N 92.11361°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Benton
Area
• Total	111.89 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
• Land	110.79 km2 (42.78 sq mi)
• Water	1.1 km2 (0.43 sq mi) 0.98%
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population (2000)
• Total	533
• Density	4.8/km2 (12.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	50651, 52313, 52349
GNIS feature ID	0467548

Last updated April 12, 2020

Cedar Township is one of twenty townships in Benton County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 533.^[1]

History

Cedar Township was founded in 1851.^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Cedar Township covers an area of 43.2 square miles (111.89 square kilometers); of this, 42.78 square miles (110.79 square kilometers, 99.02 percent) is land and 0.43 square miles (1.1 square kilometers, 0.98 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Mount Auburn

Adjacent townships

Jefferson Township, Buchanan County (northeast)
Harrison Township (east)
Taylor Township (southeast)
Jackson Township (south)
Monroe Township (southwest)
Bruce Township (west)
Big Creek Township, Black Hawk County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Engledow, Greenwall and Mount Auburn.

School districts

Union Community School District
Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District

Political districts

Iowa's 3rd congressional district
State House District 39
State Senate District 20

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References

↑ "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved 2009-05-07.
↑ The History of Benton County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical. 1878. pp. 312.

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[1] "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved 2009-05-07.

[2] The History of Benton County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical. 1878. pp. 312.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Vinton
Cities	Atkins Belle Plaine Blairstown Garrison Keystone Luzerne Mount Auburn Newhall Norway Shellsburg Urbana Van Horne Vinton Walford‡	Map of Iowa highlighting Benton County
Townships	Benton Big Grove Bruce Canton Cedar Eden Eldorado Florence Fremont Harrison Homer Iowa Jackson Kane Leroy Monroe Polk St. Clair Taylor Union
CDP	Watkins
Unincorporated communities	Irving Rogersville Spencers Grove
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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