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Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Decatur

Elevation
  
316 m

Local time
  
Saturday 3:49 AM

State
  
Iowa

GNIS feature ID
  
0467924

Area
  
92.61 km²

Population
  
112 (2000)

Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 64% Humidity

Grand River Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 112. The African American entrepreneur and publisher of the Iowa Bystander John Lay Thompson was born on his family's farm in the township in 1869.

Contents

Map of Grand River, IA, USA

Geography

Grand River Township covers an area of 35.76 square miles (92.61 square kilometers); of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 square kilometers) or 0.19 percent is water. The streams of South Elk Creek and West Elk Creek run through this township.

Adjacent townships

  • Richland Township (north)
  • Long Creek Township (northeast)
  • Decatur Township (east)
  • Burrell Township (southeast)
  • Bloomington Township (south)
  • Athens Township, Ringgold County (southwest)
  • Monroe Township, Ringgold County (west)
  • Union Township, Ringgold County (northwest)
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains three cemeteries: Millsap, Oak Hill and Old Funk.

    References

    Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa Wikipedia


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