Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa

Jefferson Township is a township in Greene County, Iowa, USA.

Jefferson Township
Township

Greene County's location in Iowa
Coordinates: 42°1′0″N 94°22′36″W / 42.01667°N 94.37667°W / 42.01667; -94.37667Coordinates: 42°1′0″N 94°22′36″W / 42.01667°N 94.37667°W / 42.01667; -94.37667
Country  United States
State  Iowa
County Greene
Settlement Date
Area[1]
 • Total 6.01 sq mi (15.57 km2)
 • Land 5.97 sq mi (15.46 km2)
 • Water 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation 1,066 ft (325 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 4,345
 • Estimate (2016)[3] 4,169
 • Density 728/sq mi (281.0/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 50129
Area code(s) 515
FIPS code 19-39450
GNIS feature ID 0457919
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.

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  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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