Polk Township is one of twenty

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 Benton County,

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,803.

History

Polk Township was founded in 1848.

Geography

According to the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...

, Polk Township covers an area of 45.56 square miles (118 square kilometers); of this, 45.47 square miles (117.76 square kilometers, 99.8 percent) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.24 square kilometers, 0.2 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Urbana __NOTOC__ Urbana can refer to: Places Italy *Urbana, Italy United States *Urbana, Illinois **Urbana (conference), a Christian conference formerly held in Urbana, Illinois *Urbana, Indiana * Urbana, Iowa *Urbana, Kansas * Urbana, Maryland *Urbana, ...

Unincorporated towns

* Cheney at * Spencers Grove at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Extinct towns

* Manatheka at (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Adjacent townships

* Homer Township, Buchanan County (north) * Cono Township, Buchanan County (northeast) * Grant Township, Linn County (east) * Fayette Township, Linn County (southeast) * Washington Township, Linn County (southeast) * Benton Township (south) * Taylor Township (southwest) * Harrison Township (west) * Jefferson Township, Buchanan County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Cox, Kisling, Saint Marys, Spencers Grove and Urbana.

Major highways

* Interstate 380 *

Iowa Highway 150 Iowa Highway 150 (Iowa 150) is an state highway in eastern and northeastern Iowa. It begins at U.S. Route 218 (US 218) in Vinton and ends at US 52 and Iowa 24 in Calmar. From Vinton, it heads north and east towards Ur ...

Iowa Highway 363 On July 1, 2003, the Iowa Department of Transportation transferred control of more than of highway to county and local governments in order to save money and to increase operational efficiency. Most of the highways turned over were short spurs ...

* Iowa Highway 920

School districts

* Center Point-Urbana Community School District * North Linn Community School District * Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District

Political districts

Iowa's 3rd congressional district Iowa's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers its southwestern quadrant, which roughly consists of an area stretching from Des Moines to the borders with Nebraska and Missouri. From 2013 to ...

* State House District 39 * State Senate District 20

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States National Atlas

External links

{{authority control Townships in Benton County, Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa metropolitan area Townships in Iowa 1848 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1848