Fredericksburg Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa

Fredericksburg Township
Fredericksburg Township
	Township
	; Location in Chickasaw County
	Coordinates: 42°57′06″N092°08′20″W / 42.95167°N 92.13889°W Coordinates: 42°57′06″N092°08′20″W / 42.95167°N 92.13889°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Chickasaw
Area
• Total	35.92 sq mi (93.02 km2)
• Land	35.91 sq mi (93.01 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.01%
Elevation	1,152 ft (351 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	982
• Density	27.3/sq mi (10.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0467866

Last updated April 02, 2019

Fredericksburg Township is one of twelve townships in Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 982.

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

Fredericksburg Township was organized in 1857. It is named for Frederick Padden, an early settler.^[1]

Geography

Fredericksburg Township covers an area of 35.92 square miles (93.0 km²) and contains the eastern portion of one incorporated settlement, Fredericksburg. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Maple Grove and Rose Hill.

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

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Transportation

Fredericksburg Township contains one airport or landing strip, Klotz Landing Field.

Notes

↑ Fairbairn, Robert Herd (1919). History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 265.

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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. 265.

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

Fredericksburg Township
Township
Location in Chickasaw County
Coordinates: 42°57′06″N092°08′20″W / 42.95167°N 92.13889°W / 42.95167; -92.13889 Coordinates: 42°57′06″N092°08′20″W / 42.95167°N 92.13889°W / 42.95167; -92.13889
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Chickasaw
Area
• Total	35.92 sq mi (93.02 km²)
• Land	35.91 sq mi (93.01 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.01 km²) 0.01%
Elevation	1,152 ft (351 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	982
• Density	27.3/sq mi (10.6/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0467866