Iowa Township is one of the thirteen

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of Sherman County,

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, United States. The population was 44 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Washington Township — north * Union Township — northeast * Kingery Township, Thomas County — east * McAllester Township, Logan County — southeast * Wallace Township, Wallace County — south * Smoky Township — west * Itasca Township — northwestern corner It lies southeast of the

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of Goodland. There are no communities in the township.DeLorme. ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. 4th ed. Yarmouth:

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, 2009, p. 28-29. . The north fork of the

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flows through the southwestern part of Iowa Township, and the source of the south fork of the

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is located in the northeastern part of the township.

Transportation

Only local roads are located in Iowa Township.

Government

Iowa Township is currently inactive; by Kansas law, when a township becomes inactive, its powers and duties revert to the county government.§80-120

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. Accessed 2009-03-23.

References

External links

County website
{{authority control Townships in Sherman County, Kansas Townships in Kansas