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Winneshiek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,056. The county seat is Decorah.
Allamakee County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,330. Its county seat is Waukon.
Waukon is a city in Makee Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States, and the county seat of Allamakee County. The population was 3,897 at the 2010 census.
Ossian (pronounced|ˈosh-ain) is a city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 845 at the 2010 census.
Cold Water Spring State Preserve is a 60-acre (240,000 m2) parcel state preserve protecting a spring that issues from Cold Water Cave, an extensive cave system in Winneshiek County, Iowa and Fillmore County, Minnesota. The spring is a tributary of the Upper Iowa River.
Wexford Creek is a very minor tributary of the Upper Mississippi River, confined entirely to Lafayette Township in Allamakee County, Iowa. Its drainage area measures 11.9 square miles (31 km2). It enters the river into Lake Winneshiek opposite Lynxville, Wisconsin. The area is entirely rural, with some cleared farmland, but is mostly forested.
The Trout River is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) tributary of the Upper Iowa River in northeastern Iowa. It rises in Frankville Township in Winneshiek County, south of Iowa Highway 9, and flows north to join the Upper Iowa River in Glenwood Township, east of Decorah. It is joined from the west by a major tributary, Trout Creek. The river and creek should not be confused with another Trout Creek which flow into the Upper Iowa River 5 miles (8 km) to the west at Decorah.
The Decorah Community School District is a rural public school district located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The district is almost entirely in Winneshiek County, with a small portion in Allamakee County. In addition to Decorah, the census-designated place of Burr Oak is in the district boundary. Other unincorporated areas in the district include Bluffton, Freeport, Hesper, Highlandville, Locust, and Nordness.
Conover is a ghost town located in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. It appears on the Fort Atkinson quadrangle of the United States Geological Survey topographic map and has been subsumed within the U.S. Postal Service ZIP code of nearby Calmar.
Auburn Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 527.
Dover Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 465.
Madison Township is a township in Johnson County, Iowa, USA.
Bluffton Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Fremont Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Hesper Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Canoe Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Sumner Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Jackson Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
Bloomfield Township is a township in Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA.
The South Winneshiek Community School District (SW) is a rural public school district headquartered in Calmar, Iowa. With campuses in Calmar and Ossian, it serves grades Pre-K through 12th.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Madison Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa
- ↑ Alexander, W. E. (1882). History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa. Western Publishing Company. pp. 309.
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