Eureka Township, Adair County, Iowa

Eureka Township
Eureka Township
Township
	Location in Adair County
	Coordinates: 41°22′29″N94°38′38″W / 41.37472°N 94.64389°W Coordinates: 41°22′29″N94°38′38″W / 41.37472°N 94.64389°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Adair
Area
• Total	35.59 sq mi (92.19 km2)
• Land	35.54 sq mi (92.06 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) 0.14%
Elevation	1,306 ft (398 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	88
• Density	2.5/sq mi (1.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	50846, 50849
GNIS feature ID	0467800

Last updated May 20, 2021

Eureka Township is one of the seventeen townships of Adair County, Iowa, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 88.^[1]

History

Eureka Township was organized in 1870.^[2] "Eureka!" is said to have exclaimed by an early settler when he discovered coal within the township borders.^[3] It was served by Berea post office from 1894 to 1908,^[4] named after the Ancient Greek city of Berea.^[5]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Eureka Township covers an area of 35.59 square miles (92.19 square kilometers); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 square kilometers) or 0.14 percent is water.

Cities

Fontanelle

Extinct towns

Berea

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Eureka.

Major highways

Iowa Highway 92

Lakes

Nodaway Lake

Landmarks

Ken Sidey Nature Area County Park
Nodaway Park

School districts

Nodaway Valley

Political districts

Iowa's 5th congressional district
State House District 58
State Senate District 29

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References

↑ "IA - Eureka township". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa. Continental Historical Company. 1884. pp. 837.
↑ Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 167.
↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 January 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
↑ Joseph Silas Diller (1902). Topographic Development of the Klamath Mountains. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 41.

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[Census2010-1] "IA - Eureka township". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[2] History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa. Continental Historical Company. 1884. pp. 837.

[3] Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 167.

[4] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 January 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[Diller1902-5] Joseph Silas Diller (1902). Topographic Development of the Klamath Mountains. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 41.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Adair County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Greenfield
Cities	Adair‡ Bridgewater Casey‡ Fontanelle Greenfield Orient Stuart‡	Map of Iowa highlighting Adair County
Townships	Eureka Grand River Greenfield Grove Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lee Lincoln Orient Prussia Richland Summerset Summit Union Walnut Washington
Unincorporated communities	Arbor Hill Berea Canby Fisk Gilead Hebron Linwood Nanito
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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