Ellington Township, Hancock County, Iowa

Ellington Township
—  Township  —
Location in Hancock County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Hancock
Area
• Total	35.74 sq mi (92.57 km2)
• Land	35.68 sq mi (92.42 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)  0.16%
Elevation	1,224 ft (373 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	550
• Density	15.4/sq mi (6/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	50436, 50438, 50482
GNIS feature ID	0467784

Ellington Township is one of sixteen townships in Hancock County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 550^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities, towns, villages 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Lakes 1.6 Landmarks 2 School districts 3 Political districts 4 References 5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Ellington Township covers an area of 35.74 square miles (92.57 square kilometers); of this, 35.68 square miles (92.42 square kilometers, 99.84 percent) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.15 square kilometers, 0.16 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Forest City (east edge)

Unincorporated towns

• Miller at

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Mount Valley Township, Winnebago County (north)
• Fertile Township, Worth County (northeast)
• Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County (east)
• Clear Lake Township, Cerro Gordo County (southeast)
• Concord Township (south)
• Garfield Township (southwest)
• Madison Township (west)
• Forest Township, Winnebago County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Ellington, Ellington Prairie and Pilot Knob Lutheran.

Lakes

• Deadman's Lake
• Pilot Knob Lake

Landmarks

• Pilot Knob State Park

School districts

• Forest City Community School District
• Garner-Hayfield Community School District
• Ventura 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

	Forest Township, Winnebago County	Mount Valley Township, Winnebago County	Fertile Township, Worth County
	Madison Township		Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County
		Ellington Township
	Garfield Township	Concord Township	Clear Lake Township, Cerro Gordo 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