Dresden Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa

Dresden Township
Dresden Township
	Township
	; Location in Chickasaw County
	Coordinates: 42°57′04″N092°15′30″W / 42.95111°N 92.25833°W Coordinates: 42°57′04″N092°15′30″W / 42.95111°N 92.25833°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Chickasaw
Area
• Total	35.98 sq mi (93.19 km2)
• Land	35.94 sq mi (93.08 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) 0.12%
Elevation	1,047 ft (319 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	822
• Density	22.9/sq mi (8.8/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0467743

Last updated March 25, 2019

Dresden Township is one of twelve townships in Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 822.

A township in the United States is a small geographic area.

Chickasaw County, Iowa County in the United States

Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,439. Its county seat is New Hampton. The county was named for the southern Indian Nation whose chief was Bradford.

Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest and Minnesota to the north.

History

Dresden Township was organized in 1859.^[1]

Geography

Dresden Township covers an area of 35.98 square miles (93.2 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. The western portion of the city of Fredericksburg impacts eastern Dresden Township. The unincorporated hamlet of Williamstown is at the intersection of 270th Street and Mission Avenue. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: North East Iowa Garden of Memories, Saint Johns and West.

Fredericksburg is a city in Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States. The population was 931 at the 2010 census.

United States Geological Survey scientific agency of the United States government

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility.

Marsh Creek and other streams meander through Dresden Township, connecting to the East Fork Wapsipinicon River as it flows through the township.

Wapsipinicon River river in the United States of America

The Wapsipinicon River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 300 miles (480 km) long, in southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa in the United States. It drains a rural farming region of rolling hills and bluffs north of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.

Transportation

Dresden Township contains one airport or landing strip, McFarland Hereford Farm Landing Strip. Highway US-18 traverses the township as 270th Street.

Notes

↑ Fairbairn, Robert Herd (1919). History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 255.

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References

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[1] Fairbairn, Robert Herd (1919). History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 255.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States
County seat: New Hampton
Cities	Alta Vista Bassett Fredericksburg Ionia Lawler Nashua‡ New Hampton North Washington Protivin‡	Map of Iowa highlighting Chickasaw County
Townships	Bradford Chickasaw Dayton Deerfield Dresden Fredericksburg Jacksonville New Hampton Richland Stapleton Utica Washington
Unincorporated communities	Boyd Bradford Deerfield
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Dresden Township
Township
Location in Chickasaw County
Coordinates: 42°57′04″N092°15′30″W / 42.95111°N 92.25833°W / 42.95111; -92.25833 Coordinates: 42°57′04″N092°15′30″W / 42.95111°N 92.25833°W / 42.95111; -92.25833
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Chickasaw
Area
• Total	35.98 sq mi (93.19 km²)
• Land	35.94 sq mi (93.08 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km²) 0.12%
Elevation	1,047 ft (319 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	822
• Density	22.9/sq mi (8.8/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0467743