Lincoln Township is one of twelve

townships 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 Emmet County,

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 220.

History

Lincoln Township was created in 1887. It was named for

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

, sixteenth President of the United States.

Geography

According to the

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, Lincoln Township covers an area of 28.6 square miles (74.08 square kilometers); of this, 27.14 square miles (70.29 square kilometers, 94.88 percent) is land and 1.46 square miles (3.79 square kilometers, 5.12 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Dolliver

Adjacent townships

* Iowa Lake Township (east) * Armstrong Grove Township (southeast) * Swan Lake Township (south) * Center Township (southwest) * Ellsworth Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Lincoln Township and Palestine.

Rivers

Des Moines River The Des Moines River () is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately long from its farther headwaters.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Na ...

(east fork)

Lakes

* Okampanpeedan Lake (also known as Tuttle Lake)

Landmarks

Okamanpeedan State Park Okamanpeedan (or Okamanpadu) Lake, partially located in Martin County, Minnesota, and Emmet County, Iowa, is also known as Tuttle Lake. Okamanpeedan Lake is a roughly 2,300-acre (9.3 km²) riverine lake located on the East Fork of the Des M ...

* Tuttle Lake County Park

School districts

* Armstrong-Ringsted Community School District * Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District

Political districts

Iowa's 4th congressional district Iowa's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers its northwestern part, bordering the states of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, and the Missouri River. The district includes Sioux City, ...

* State House District 7 * State Senate District 4

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States National Atlas

External links

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