Des Moines Township is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Dallas County Dallas County may refer to:
Places in the USA:
* Dallas County, Alabama, founded in 1818, the first county in the United States by that name
* Dallas County, Arkansas
* Dallas County, Iowa
* Dallas County, Missouri
* Dallas County, Texas, the nint ...
,
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the 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 ...
, United States. As of the
2000 census, its population was 1,730.
Geography
Des Moines Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement,
Woodward. According to the
USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, a ...
, it contains three cemeteries: Robbins Chapel, Snider and Xenia.
The stream of Murphy Branch runs through this township.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Dallas County, Iowa
Townships in Iowa
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