Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa

Adel Township
Adel Township
	Township
	Location in Dallas County
	Coordinates: 41°37′54″N093°59′27″W / 41.63167°N 93.99083°W Coordinates: 41°37′54″N093°59′27″W / 41.63167°N 93.99083°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Dallas
Area
• Total	36.59 sq mi (94.77 km2)
• Land	36.22 sq mi (93.8 km2)
• Water	0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) 1.01%
Elevation	919 ft (280 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	5,664
• Density	156.4/sq mi (60.4/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0467377

Last updated January 26, 2020

Adel Township is a township in Dallas County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,664.

Geography

Adel Township covers an area of 36.59 square miles (94.8 km²) and contains two incorporated settlements: Adel (the county seat) and Dallas Center. According to the USGS, it contains nine cemeteries: Dallas County Farm, Gibson, King, Kinnick, Masonic, Merical, Miller, Oakdale and Odd Fellows.

The streams of Hickory Creek and Mill Slough run through this township.

Transportation

Adel Township contains one airport or landing strip, Husband Field.

Churches

Minutes of the Council Meeting held by the Brethren of the Panther Creek Church, Dallas County, Iowa. ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN IN DALLAS COUNTY

    During the fall of the year 1869 a number of families of the Brethren from the different churches of Northern Illinois moved to this (Dallas) County, Iowa. Sometime in the month of November of the year above named, the brothers and sisters that moved here, with those that lived here previous to that time, assembled at the house of Bro. Henry Stitzel in the city of Adel where an organization of the church was affected and called the Panther Creek Church ..."^[1]

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References

↑ Panther Creek Church of the Brethren Centennial - Compiled by Ethel Messamer

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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[Organization_of_Panther_Creek_Church_of_the_Brethren-1] Panther Creek Church of the Brethren Centennial - Compiled by Ethel Messamer

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Adel
Cities	Adel Bouton Clive‡ Dallas Center Dawson De Soto Dexter Granger‡ Grimes‡ Linden Minburn Perry Redfield Urbandale‡ Van Meter Waukee West Des Moines‡ Woodward	Map of Iowa highlighting Dallas County
Townships	Adams Adel Beaver Boone Colfax Dallas Des Moines Grant Lincoln Linn Spring Valley Sugar Grove Union Van Meter Walnut Washington
Unincorporated communities	Booneville Xenia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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