Franklin Township is a

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Story County, Iowa Story County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 98,537, making it the ninth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Nevada, Iowa, Nevada; t ...

, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 19,061.

Geography

Franklin Township covers an area of and contains the incorporated town of

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and a portion of

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, primarily the area north of Bloomington Road. According to the

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, it contains three cemeteries: Bloomington Cemetery, Born Cemetery, and McMichael Cemetery.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Story County, Iowa Townships in Iowa {{StoryCountyIA-geo-stub