Lincoln Township is a township in Shelby County,

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. In the 2020 U.S. Census, there were 406 residents of the township, with 137 occupied dwellings, and 3 unoccupied dwellings.2020 U.S. Census Iowa Townships and Other Subdivisions Population
sos.iowa.gov The total area is 33.6 square miles. This township was constituted on April 3, 1871, when it had a population of 129. It it bounded to the north by Westphalia Township, on the east by

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, on the south by Shelby and Fairview, and on the west by

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.Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties
ch 2 (1889) The first white settler in what became the township was likely Jacob Bosley, who arrived in 1865, followed most likely by T.A. Long in 1868.White, Edward S

p. 123 (1915) The township's population declined since the 1930 census (population 640) to 371 in the 2020 census, before rising slightly to 406 in the 2020 census.ref
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/ref>1960 Census of Population - Advance Reports - Final Population Counts; Reports and Tables: Illinois Through Massachusetts
p. 69 (1960) 970 census info pdf p. 77Iowa 1950 Census report
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/ref>2000 Iowa Census
/ref>1990 and 2000 township census numbers
/ref>1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Iowa
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Townships in Shelby County, Iowa Townships in Iowa {{ShelbyCountyIA-geo-stub