Riverton Township, Clay County, Iowa

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Riverton Township
Township
Map highlighting Riverton Township, Clay County, Iowa.svg
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 43°07′41″N095°13′11″W / 43.12806°N 95.21972°W / 43.12806; -95.21972 Coordinates: 43°07′41″N095°13′11″W / 43.12806°N 95.21972°W / 43.12806; -95.21972
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Clay
Area
  Total 31.01 sq mi (80.31 km2)
  Land 30.97 sq mi (80.2 km2)
  Water 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)  0.14%
Elevation 1,322 ft (403 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 321
  Density 10.4/sq mi (4/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0468623

Riverton Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 321.

A township in the United States is a small geographic area.

Clay County, Iowa county located in the U.S. state of Iowa

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,667. Its county seat is Spencer. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, Jr., a colonel who died in action in the Mexican–American War, and son of Henry Clay, famous American statesman from Kentucky.

Iowa State of the United States of America

Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest and Minnesota to the north.

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History

Riverton Township was created in 1874. [1]

Geography

Riverton Township covers an area of 31.01 square miles (80.3 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

The streams of Spring Creek and Stony Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Riverton Township contains one airport or landing strip, Spencer Municipal Airport.

Notes

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

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