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Yell Township, Boone County, Iowa

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Country
  
United States

GNIS feature ID
  
0469022

Local time
  
Saturday 3:09 PM

FIPS code
  
19-94797

Elevation
  
313 m

Population
  
2,273 (2000)

Yell Township, Boone County, Iowa

Weather
  
22°C, Wind S at 32 km/h, 43% Humidity

Area
  
84.38 km² (83.16 km² Land / 122 ha Water)

Points of interest
  
Don Williams County Park, Kate Shelley High Bridge, Holst State Forest

Yell Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,273.

Contents

Map of Yell, IA, USA

History

Yell Township was organized in 1852. It is named for Colonel Yell, who fell at the Battle of Buena Vista.

Geography

Yell Township covers an area of 32.58 square miles (84.4 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Ogden. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Bluff Creek, Buckley, Hickory Grove, Milton Lott Grave, Mount Olive and Rose Hill.

References

Yell Township, Boone County, Iowa Wikipedia