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 Pocahontas County,

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 ...

, US.

History

Des Moines Township was organized in 1859. It is named from the Des Moines River that runs through it.

References

Townships in Pocahontas County, Iowa Townships in Iowa {{PocahontasCountyIA-geo-stub