Read Township, Clayton County, Iowa
Township in Iowa, United States
42°51′44″N 091°19′57″W / 42.86222°N 91.33250°W / 42.86222; -91.33250
United States
Iowa (2000)
Read Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 300.
History
Read Township was organized in 1856. It is named for Robert R. Read.[1]
Geography
Read Township covers an area of 27.11 square miles (70.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Clayton Center, Colony Catholic, County Home, Meenan, Union and Zion Lutheran.
The streams of Bente Branch and Spring Branch run through this township.
Notes
- ^ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. pp. 321.
References
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Clayton County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Elkader
- Clayton
- Edgewood‡
- Elkader
- Elkport
- Farmersburg
- Garber
- Garnavillo
- Guttenberg
- Luana
- Marquette
- McGregor
- Monona
- North Buena Vista
- Osterdock
- Postville‡
- St. Olaf
- Strawberry Point
- Volga
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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