Polk Township is one of fourteen
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
Bremer County,
Iowa
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,
USA
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. As of the
2010 census, its population was 922.
Geography
Polk Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement,
Plainfield. The hamlet of Horton is situated southeast of the intersection of 140th Street (State Route 188) and Easton Avenue. According to the
USGS
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, Polk Township contains three cemeteries: Horton, Jackson and Willow Lawn.
References
External links
US-Counties.com
Townships in Bremer County, Iowa
Waterloo – Cedar Falls metropolitan area
Townships in Iowa
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