Lakeville Township is one of twelve

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,562.

History

Lakeville Township was formed in 1866.

Geography

According to the

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, Lakeville Township covers an area of 36.31 square miles (94.05 square kilometers); of this, 31.44 square miles (81.43 square kilometers, 86.58 percent) is land and 4.87 square miles (12.62 square kilometers, 13.42 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Okoboji Okoboji is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, along the eastern shore of West Okoboji Lake in the Iowa Great Lakes region. At the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 768. Ge ...

(northwest quarter) * Spirit Lake (west edge) * Wahpeton * West Okoboji (west three-quarters)

Adjacent townships

* Diamond Lake Township (north) * Spirit Lake Township (northeast) * Center Grove Township (east) * Milford Township (southeast) * Okoboji Township (south) * Westport Township (southwest) * Excelsior Township (west) * Silver Lake Township (northwest)

Major highways

Iowa Highway 9 Iowa Highway 9 is the most northern of Iowa's east–west highways, traversing the entire northern tier of counties. It runs from the eastern terminus of South Dakota Highway 42 at the South Dakota border east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota near ...

Iowa Highway 86 Iowa Highway 86 (Iowa 86) is a state highway that runs from north to south in northwest Iowa. It begins at U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) in northern Milford and ends at the Minnesota border northwest of Spirit Lake, where it continues onward ...

Landmarks

* Gull Point State Park * Pikes Point State Park

School districts

* Harris-Lake Park Community School District * Okoboji Community School District * Spirit Lake Community School District

Political districts

Iowa's 5th congressional district Iowa's 5th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa. It was last represented by Republican Steve King in 2013, who continued to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives after the district's obsoles ...

* State House District 06 * State Senate District 03

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States National Atlas

External links

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