Morning Sun Township is a
township
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
Louisa County, Iowa
Louisa County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,837. The county seat is Wapello.
Louisa County is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Louisa County was ...
.
Geography
It has a land area of . There are no good sized ponds or lakes, and the only notable water comes from creeks. The total population is 1,217, made up of 584 males and 633 females. It has a population density of .
It has one incorporated town,
Morning Sun. Morning Sun's population was 836 as of the 2010 Census. The township's two major roads are
Iowa Highway 78
Iowa Highway 78 (Iowa 78) is a state highway which runs from east to west in southeastern Iowa. The route begins east of Martinsburg at Iowa Highway 149, and ends at U.S. Highway 61 east of Morning Sun. The route has existed since the 1920s, w ...
and Iowa Road X37.
Nearby townships
Morning Sun township borders six others:
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Marshall Township (N/NW)
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Wapello Township (N/NE/E)
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Yellow Spring Township (SE)
*Washington Township (S)
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Canaan Township (SW)
*Scott Township (W/NW)
History
Morning Sun Township was organized in 1854.
References
Townships in Louisa County, Iowa
Townships in Iowa
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