Clayton Township, Clayton County, Iowa

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Clayton Township
Township
Map highlighting Clayton Township, Clayton County, Iowa.svg
Location in Clayton County
Coordinates: 42°54′53″N091°10′04″W / 42.91472°N 91.16778°W / 42.91472; -91.16778
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
County Clayton
Area
 • Total
38.29 sq mi (99.17 km2)
 • Land34.74 sq mi (89.98 km2)
 • Water3.54 sq mi (9.18 km2)  9.26%
Elevation
778 ft (237 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
312
 • Density9.1/sq mi (3.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0467613

Clayton Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 312.

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History

Clayton Township was named for John M. Clayton, as was Clayton County. [1]

Geography

Clayton Township covers an area of 38.29 square miles (99.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Clayton. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Clayton, Evangelical Lutheran, Norsk Lutheran and Tangeman.

The streams of Moody Run and Sny Magill Creek run through this township.

Notes

  1. ↑ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. p. 315.

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