Prescott Township is one of twelve
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Adams County,
Iowa
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,
United States
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. At the
2010 census, its population was 424.
Prescott Township was formed in 1873 from the formerly named
Queen City Township, to which a portion of
Quincy Township was also annexed.
[ 1880 U.S. Census, Table III, p.159]
Geography
Prescott Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement,
Prescott Prescott may refer to:
People
Given name
* Prescott E. Bloom, American lawyer and politician
* Prescott Bush, American banker and politician
* Samuel Prescott Bush, American industrialist
* Prescott F. Hall, American lawyer, author and eugenicist ...
. According to the
USGS
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, it contains four cemeteries: Evergreen, Icarian, Mount Pleasant and Old Evergreen.
References
External links
US-Counties.com
Townships in Adams County, Iowa
Townships in Iowa
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