Clayton Township, Clayton County, Iowa
Township in Iowa, United States
42°54′53″N 091°10′04″W / 42.91472°N 91.16778°W / 42.91472; -91.16778![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png)
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Clayton Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 312.
History
Clayton Township was named for John M. Clayton, as was Clayton County.[1]
Geography
Clayton Township covers an area of 38.29 square miles (99.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Clayton. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Clayton, Evangelical Lutheran, Norsk Lutheran and Tangeman.
The streams of Moody Run and Sny Magill Creek run through this township.
Notes
- ^ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. p. 315.
References
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Clayton County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Elkader
- Clayton
- Edgewood‡
- Elkader
- Elkport
- Farmersburg
- Garber
- Garnavillo
- Guttenberg
- Luana
- Marquette
- McGregor
- Monona
- North Buena Vista
- Osterdock
- Postville‡
- St. Olaf
- Strawberry Point
- Volga
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communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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