Pilot Mound Township, Boone County, Iowa

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Pilot Mound Township, Boone County
Township
Map highlighting Pilot Mound Township, Boone County, Iowa.svg
Coordinates: 42°09′54″N094°00′36″W / 42.16500°N 94.01000°W / 42.16500; -94.01000
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa
County Boone
Area
 • Total
22.51 sq mi (58.31 km2)
 • Land22.30 sq mi (57.76 km2)
 • Water0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
Elevation
[1]
1,120 ft (340 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
400
 • Density18/sq mi (6.9/km2)
FIPS code 19-93330 [2]
GNIS feature ID 0468518

Pilot Mound Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 400.

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History

Pilot Mound Township was organized in 1858. It wakes its name from a prominent mound in the central part of the township. [3]

Geography

Pilot Mound Township covers an area of 22.52 square miles (58.3 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Pilot Mound. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Bethel Owen, Runyan, Schlicht and Shafer-Gear.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa, Volume 1. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 275.


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