Des Moines Township, Boone County, Iowa

Des Moines Township, Boone County
— Township —

Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Boone
Area
• Total	40.44 sq mi (104.73 km²)
• Land	40.22 sq mi (104.18 km²)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km²)
Elevation^[1]	1,129 ft (344 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	13,758
• Density	342.1/sq mi (132.1/km²)
FIPS code	19-90969^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0467705

Des Moines Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 13,758.

Geography

Des Moines Township covers an area of 40.44 square miles (104.7 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Boone. According to the USGS, it contains seven cemeteries: Bass Point, Biblical College, Boone Memorial Garden, Leatham, Linwood Park, Oak Grove and Sacred Heart.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Iowa, USA

County seat: Boone

Cities	Beaver Berkley Boone Boxholm Fraser Luther Madrid Ogden Pilot Mound Sheldahl‡

Townships	Amaqua Beaver Cass Colfax Des Moines Dodge Douglas Garden Grant Harrison Jackson Marcy Peoples Pilot Mound Union Worth Yell

Unincorporated community	Jordan

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties