Franklin Township, Story County, Iowa

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Coordinates: 42°6′0″N 093°38′0″W / 42.1, -93.63333
Franklin Township
Location in Story County
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Story
Area
- Total	36.7 sq mi (95.1 km²)
- Land	36.6 sq mi (94.8 km²)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.27%
Elevation	1,000 ft (305 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	19,061
- Density	519/sq mi (200.4/km²)
ZIP Code	50010
Area code(s)	515

Franklin Township is a township in Story County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 19,061.

The polling location for the township is the Gilbert Lutheran Church, 135 School Street in Gilbert.

[edit] Geography

Franklin Township covers an area of 36.7 square miles and contains the incorporated town of Gilbert and a portion of Ames, primarily the area north of Bloomington Road. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Bloomington Cemetery, Born Cemetery, and McMichael Cemetery.

[edit] References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

[edit] External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Story County, Iowa

County seat: Nevada

Cities	Ames \| Cambridge \| Collins \| Colo \| Gilbert \| Huxley \| Kelley \| Maxwell \| McCallsburg \| Nevada \| Roland \| Slater \| Story City \| Zearing

Townships	Collins \| Franklin \| Grant \| Howard \| Indian Creek \| Lafayette \| Lincoln \| Milford \| Nevada \| New Albany \| Palestine \| Richland \| Sherman \| Union \| Warren \| Washington