Farmersburg Township is a
township in
Clayton County Clayton County is the name of two counties in the United States:
* Clayton County, Georgia in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area
* Clayton County, Iowa
It was also the former name of Clay County, Arkansas
Clay County is a County (United States), co ...
,
Iowa,
United States. As of the
2000 census, its population was 605.
History
Farmersburg Township was first settled in 1846.
The pioneering ornithologist
Althea Sherman
Althea Rosina Sherman (1853 – 1943) was an American illustrator, educator, self-taught ornithologist, and writer who commissioned the building of the "Chimney Swifts' Tower" in Clayton County, Iowa. This structure enabled her to observe and rep ...
, who made the first detailed study of
chimney swifts was from Farmersburg Township.
Geography
Farmersburg Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement,
Farmersburg. According to the
USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Giard, National and Winkawitsch.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Clayton County, Iowa
Townships in Iowa
1846 establishments in Iowa Territory
Populated places established in 1846
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