Gillett Grove Township, Clay County, Iowa

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Gillett Grove Township
Map highlighting Gillett Grove Township, Clay County, Iowa.svg
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 43°02′20″N095°05′28″W / 43.03889°N 95.09111°W / 43.03889; -95.09111
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
County Clay
Area
  Total
36.12 sq mi (93.54 km2)
  Land36.1 sq mi (93.5 km2)
  Water0.015 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.04%
Elevation
1,348 ft (411 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total
385
  Density11/sq mi (4.1/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0467910

Gillett Grove Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 385.

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History

Gillett Grove Township was created in 1873. [1]

Geography

Gillett Grove Township covers an area of 36.12 square miles (93.6 km2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Gillett Grove and Greenville. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Rosehill.

The streams of Elk Creek and Lexington Creek run through this township.

Notes

  1. Gillespie, Samuel (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp.  60.

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