Tilden Township, Cherokee County, Iowa

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Tilden Township
Township
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Coordinates: 42°41′28″N095°48′16″W / 42.69111°N 95.80444°W / 42.69111; -95.80444 Coordinates: 42°41′28″N095°48′16″W / 42.69111°N 95.80444°W / 42.69111; -95.80444
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa
County Cherokee
Area
 • Total36.25 sq mi (93.88 km2)
 • Land36.25 sq mi (93.88 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
1,296 ft (395 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total194
 • Density5.4/sq mi (2.1/km2)
FIPS code 19-94113 [2]
GNIS feature ID 0468789

Tilden Township is one of sixteen townships in Cherokee County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 194.

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History

Tilden Township was named after Joseph White Tilden (1819–1903) a pioneer who emigrated first from Lebanon, Connecticut, to Forest Lake, Pennsylvania, to Springfield, Illinois, and then to Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1866, he claimed as a homestead 480 acres (1.9 km2) of section 26, residing there with his wife, Irene Elizabeth West, and five children. They moved to the Washington Territory in 1885. [3]

Geography

Tilden Township covers an area of 36.25 square miles (93.9 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Mount Pleasant and Trinity.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ History of Cherokee County,Thomas McCulla, Chicago, the S.J.Clark Publishing Company 1914, pg.536



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