Amsterdam Township, Hancock County, Iowa

Amsterdam Township
—  Township  —
Location in Hancock County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Hancock
Area
• Total	35.84 sq mi (92.83 km2)
• Land	35.78 sq mi (92.68 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)  0.16%
Elevation	1,168 ft (356 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	927
• Density	25.9/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	50430, 50447
GNIS feature ID	0467395

Amsterdam Township is one of sixteen townships in Hancock County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 927^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities, towns, villages 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 2 School districts 3 Political districts 4 References 5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Amsterdam Township covers an area of 35.84 square miles (92.83 square kilometers); of this, 35.78 square miles (92.68 square kilometers, 99.84 percent) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.15 square kilometers, 0.16 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Kanawha

Adjacent townships

• Erin Township (north)
• Liberty Township (northeast)
• Twin Lake Township (east)
• Belmond Township, Wright County (southeast)
• Norway Township, Wright County (south)
• Boone Township, Wright County (southwest)
• Magor Township (west)
• Boone Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: New Amsterdam Township, Old Amsterdam and West Lake.

Major highways

• Iowa Highway 111

School districts

• West Hancock Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 4th congressional district
• State House District 12
• State Senate District 6

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com

	Boone Township	Erin Township	Liberty Township
	Magor Township		Twin Lake Township
		Amsterdam Township
	Boone Township, Wright County	Norway Township, Wright County	Belmond Township, Wright County

Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Iowa, USA County seat: Garner Cities Britt Corwith Crystal Lake Forest City‡ Garner Goodell Kanawha Klemme Woden Townships Amsterdam Avery Bingham Boone Britt Concord Crystal Ell Ellington Erin Garfield Liberty Madison Magor Orthel Twin Lake Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties