Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa

Last updated

Grand River Township
Township
Map highlighting Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa.svg
Location in Decatur County
Coordinates: 40°46′08″N93°57′59″W / 40.76889°N 93.96639°W / 40.76889; -93.96639
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
County Decatur
Area
 • Total
35.76 sq mi (92.61 km2)
 • Land35.69 sq mi (92.43 km2)
 • Water0.069 sq mi (0.18 km2)  0.19%
Elevation
1,037 ft (316 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
112
 • Density3.1/sq mi (1.2/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0467924

Grand River Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 112. The African American entrepreneur and publisher of the Iowa Bystander John Lay Thompson was born on his family's farm in the township in 1869. [1] [2]

Contents

Geography

Grand River Township covers an area of 35.76 square miles (92.61 square kilometers); of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 square kilometers) or 0.19 percent is water. The streams of South Elk Creek and West Elk Creek run through this township.

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Millsap, Oak Hill and Old Funk. [3]

References

  1. ↑ 1880 United States census records for Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa, reported in a rootsweb.com mailing list.
  2. ↑ "April 3: John Lay Thompson". African American Registry -- Your Source for African American History. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ Decatur County Iowa Cemeteries
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.