Britt Township, Hancock County, Iowa

Britt Township
—  Township  —
Location in Hancock County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Hancock
Area
• Total	35.44 sq mi (91.79 km2)
• Land	35.11 sq mi (90.94 km2)
• Water	0.33 sq mi (0.85 km2)  0.93%
Elevation	1,204 ft (367 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,293
• Density	65.3/sq mi (25.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	50423
GNIS feature ID	0467489

Britt Township is one of sixteen townships in Hancock County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,293^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities, towns, villages 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Landmarks 2 School districts 3 Political districts 4 References 5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Britt Township covers an area of 35.44 square miles (91.79 square kilometers); of this, 35.11 square miles (90.94 square kilometers, 99.07 percent) is land and 0.33 square miles (0.85 square kilometers, 0.93 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Britt

Adjacent townships

• Crystal Township (north)
• Madison Township (northeast)
• Garfield Township (east)
• Liberty Township (southeast)
• Erin Township (south)
• Boone Township (southwest)
• Orthel Township (west)
• Bingham Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Evergreen Cemetery.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 18
• Iowa Highway 111

Landmarks

• Eagle Lake State Park

School districts

• Garner-Hayfield Community School District
• West Hancock Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 4th congressional district
• State House District 11
• 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

	Bingham Township	Crystal Township	Madison Township
	Orthel Township		Garfield Township
		Britt Township
	Boone Township	Erin Township	Liberty Township

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