Read Township, Clayton County, Iowa
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Read Township is a
township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in Clayton County,
Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
,
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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 300.


History

Read Township was organized in 1856. It is named for Robert R. Read.


Geography

Read Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the
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, it contains six cemeteries: Clayton Center, Colony Catholic, County Home, Meenan, Union and Zion Lutheran. The streams of Bente Branch and Spring Branch run through this township.


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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)


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Townships in Clayton County, Iowa Townships in Iowa 1856 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1856 {{ClaytonCountyIA-geo-stub