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Polk County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 492,401. It is Iowa's most populous county, and home to over 15% of the state's residents. The county seat is Des Moines, which is also the capital city of Iowa. Polk County is included in the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,813. The county seat is Newton. The county was organized in 1846 and is named after Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has jurisdiction over forty-seven of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Clear Creek Township is located in the far northwest corner of Jasper County, Iowa, United States. It contains the Clear Creek Wildlife Area.
Yellow Springs is a township in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The township includes the territory of a former incarnation of Huron Township. When the township was first settled, there were Indians living on the land, and they were moved to an Indian reservation that included part of the township. The early 20th century author Augustine M. Antrobus described most of the settlers as "men of character, men who left their impress on the times in which they lived, so much so, that this township can boast, that no other is its superior in all these things which exalt a people".
Greenfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Warren County, Iowa, United States. Its estimated population as of 2008 is 5,773 people, with a density of 138 people per square mile. Three cities have land in Greenfield, as well as two unincorporated areas. The township has two cemeteries.
Honey Creek Township is a township in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It is named after the Honey Creek, a tributary of the Iowa River, which flows through it in a northwesterly direction.
Fairview Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Poweshiek Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Malaka Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Newton Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Palo Alto Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Mound Prairie Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Independence Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Washington Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
Sherman Township is a township in Jasper County, Iowa, USA.
Huron Township is a township in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.
Lincoln Township is a township in Polk County, Iowa, United States. It contains the town of Alleman, and portions of Sheldahl, Ankeny and Polk City. All but the northeast corner of the township attends the North Polk Community School District, in Alleman. Fourmile creek runs through the township, and is the only continuous waterway through the township.
Des Moines Township is a township in Polk County, Iowa, United States.
Vandalia is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Des Moines Township, Jasper County, Iowa
- ↑ Weaver, James Baird (1912). Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 50.
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