Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa

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Jefferson Township is a township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

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Jefferson Township
Township
Map of Iowa highlighting Greene County.svg
Greene County's location in Iowa
Coordinates: 42°1′0″N94°22′36″W / 42.01667°N 94.37667°W / 42.01667; -94.37667
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Greene
SettlementDate
Area
[1]
 • Total
6.01 sq mi (15.57 km2)
 • Land5.97 sq mi (15.46 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
Population
 (2010) [2]
 • Total
4,345
 • Estimate 
(2016) [3]
4,169
 • Density728/sq mi (281.0/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
50129
Area code 515
GNIS feature ID0457919
Website City of Jefferson

History

In 1854, Jefferson Township was established in Greene County, Iowa. [4] It was one of three townships in Greene County at the time, along with Kendrick and Washington townships, and it encompassed the middle half of the county. [5] It remained this way until it was split into multiple smaller townships, with the name Jefferson Township being given to the northwest corner of the survey township on which the town of Jefferson stood. The other three-quarters of a survey township was named Grant Township. [6]

Geography

Jefferson Township is one of four townships in Greene County that is not a Survey Township, along with Grant Township, Junction Township, and Washington Township. [7] It is now defined by the city limits of the town by the same name.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Stillman, Edwin B. (1907). Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa. Brookhaven Press. p. 25.
  5. ↑ Stillman, Edwin B. (1907). Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa. Brookhaven Press. p. 25.
  6. ↑ Stillman, Edwin B. (1907). Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa. Brookhaven Press. p. 46.
  7. ↑ Stillman, Edwin B. (1907). Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa. Brookhaven Press. p. 30.


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