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Bingham Township, Hancock County, Iowa

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Hancock

GNIS feature ID
  
0467454

Area
  
91.58 km²

Population
  
487 (2000)

State
  
Iowa

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
381 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:17 PM

Bingham Township, Hancock County, Iowa

ZIP codes
  
50423, 50480, 50483, 50484

Weather
  
-3°C, Wind NW at 26 km/h, 79% Humidity

Bingham Township is one of sixteen townships in Hancock County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 487.

Contents

Map of Bingham, IA, USA

History

Bingham Township was organized in 1878. Bingham is the name of John Bingham, a pioneer settler, and native of England.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bingham Township covers an area of 35.36 square miles (91.58 square kilometers); of this, 35.28 square miles (91.38 square kilometers, 99.78 percent) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 square kilometers, 0.22 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Woden
  • Adjacent townships

  • Grant Township, Winnebago County (north)
  • Linden Township, Winnebago County (northeast)
  • Crystal Township (east)
  • Britt Township (southeast)
  • Orthel Township (south)
  • Wesley Township, Kossuth County (southwest)
  • Buffalo Township, Kossuth County (west)
  • German Township, Kossuth County (northwest)
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains these three cemeteries: Bingham Township, Christian Reformed and Immanuel Lutheran Church.

    Major highways

  • Iowa Highway 111
  • School districts

  • Titonka Consolidated School District
  • Woden-Crystal Lake Community School District
  • Political districts

  • Iowa's 4th congressional district
  • State House District 11
  • State Senate District 6
  • References

    Bingham Township, Hancock County, Iowa Wikipedia


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