Avery Township, Hancock County, Iowa

Avery Township
—  Township  —
Location in Hancock County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Hancock
Area
• Total	35.88 sq mi (92.94 km2)
• Land	35.84 sq mi (92.82 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)  0.12%
Elevation	1,247 ft (380 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	387
• Density	10.8/sq mi (4.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	50439, 50449, 50457
GNIS feature ID	0467404

Avery Township is one of sixteen townships in Hancock County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 387.^[1]

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

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Avery Township covers an area of 35.88 square miles (92.94 square kilometers); of this, 35.84 square miles (92.82 square kilometers, 99.87 percent) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.11 square kilometers, 0.12 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Goodell (east three-quarters)

Adjacent townships

• Ell Township (north)
• Union Township, Cerro Gordo County (northeast)
• Grimes Township, Cerro Gordo County (east)
• Wisner Township, Franklin County (southeast)
• Pleasant Township, Wright County (south)
• Belmond Township, Wright County (southwest)
• Twin Lake Township (west)
• Liberty Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Amsterdam Cemetery.

Landmarks

• Eldred Sherwood Park

School districts

• Belmond-Klemme Community School District
• Sheffield Chapin Meservey Thornton 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

	Liberty Township	Ell Township	Union Township, Cerro Gordo County
	Twin Lake Township		Grimes Township, Cerro Gordo County
		Avery Township
	Belmond Township, Wright County	Pleasant Township, Wright County	Wisner Township, Franklin 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