Spring Rock Township is a

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142.

History

Spring Rock Township was organized in 1844. The township takes its name from a huge rock at found at a spring in Scott County.

Geography

Spring Rock Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Wheatland, along with some unincorporated settlements such as Big Rock. According to the

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, it contains four cemeteries: Homigrahusen, Pine Hill, Rose Hill and Saint Pauls. The streams of Calamus Creek, Lizard Creek, Rock Creek and Yankee Run run through this township.

Notes

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Clinton County, Iowa Townships in Iowa 1844 establishments in Iowa Territory {{ClintonCountyIA-geo-stub