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Winneshiek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,070. The county seat is Decorah.
Allamakee County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,061. Its county seat is Waukon.
Burr Oak is an unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States, very close to the Minnesota state line. Burr Oak is a census-designated place and the population was 166 in the 2010 census.
Wexford Creek is a very minor tributary of the Upper Mississippi River, confined entirely to Lafayette Township in Allamakee County, Iowa. Its drainage area measures 11.9 square miles (31 km2). It enters the river into Lake Winneshiek opposite Lynxville, Wisconsin. The area is entirely rural, with some cleared farmland, but is mostly forested.
Canoe Creek is a 33.2-mile-long (53.4 km) tributary of the Upper Iowa River. It rises in Burr Oak Township in Winneshiek County, Iowa. North Canoe Creek rises in Hesper Township, meeting the main stream in Canoe Township. Canoe Creek continues through Pleasant Township to enter the Upper Iowa just into Allamakee County in Hanover Township, in the state-maintained Canoe Creek Wildlife Management Area.
Bear Creek is an 11.9-mile-long (19.2 km) tributary of the Upper Iowa River, joining Waterloo Creek for a short distance before entering the Upper Iowa in Waterloo Township just east of where Iowa Highway 76 crosses the river. Its branches are acclaimed trout fishing streams.
The Trout River is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) tributary of the Upper Iowa River in northeastern Iowa. It rises in Frankville Township in Winneshiek County, south of Iowa Highway 9, and flows north to join the Upper Iowa River in Glenwood Township, east of Decorah. It is joined from the west by a major tributary, Trout Creek. The river and creek should not be confused with another Trout Creek which flow into the Upper Iowa River 5 miles (8 km) to the west at Decorah.
Conover is a ghost town located in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. It appears on the Fort Atkinson quadrangle of the United States Geological Survey topographic map and has been subsumed within the U.S. Postal Service ZIP code of nearby Calmar.
Auburn Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 527.
Dover Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 465.
Bluffton Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Fremont Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Canoe Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Madison Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Sumner Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Jackson Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Bloomfield Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
The North Winneshiek Community School District was a public school district in unincorporated northern Winneshiek County, Iowa, with a Decorah address. At the end of the district's existence, it only served grades Pre-K through 8th. The enrollment for the 2015–2016 school year was 126 students.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hesper Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa
- ↑ Alexander, W. E. (1882). History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa. Western Publishing Company. pp. 303.
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