Leroy Township, Benton County, Iowa

Leroy Township
—  Township  —
Location in Benton County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Benton
Area
• Total	35.78 sq mi (92.67 km2)
• Land	35.7 sq mi (92.47 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.22%
Elevation	853 ft (260 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,099
• Density	30.8/sq mi (11.9/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	52209, 52257
GNIS feature ID	0468206

Leroy Township is one of twenty townships in Benton County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,099^[1].

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

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Leroy Township covers an area of 35.78 square miles (92.67 square kilometers); of this, 35.7 square miles (92.47 square kilometers, 99.78 percent) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 square kilometers, 0.22 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Blairstown
• Luzerne (east half)

Adjacent townships

• Union Township (north)
• Eldorado Township (northeast)
• St. Clair Township (east)
• Washington Township, Iowa County (southeast)
• Marengo Township, Iowa County (south)
• Honey Creek Township, Iowa County (southwest)
• Iowa Township (west)
• Kane Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: International, Old International, Pleasant Hill and Stringtown (historical).

Lakes

• Hannen Lake

Landmarks

• Hannen Park

School districts

• Belle Plaine Community School District
• Benton Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 3rd congressional district
• State House District 39
• State Senate District 20

References

• United States Census Bureau 2007 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

Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Iowa, USA County seat: Vinton Cities Atkins Belle Plaine Blairstown Garrison Keystone Luzerne Mount Auburn Newhall Norway Shellsburg Urbana Van Horne Vinton Walford‡ Townships Benton Big Grove Bruce Canton Cedar Eden Eldorado Florence Fremont Harrison Homer Iowa Jackson Kane Leroy Monroe Polk St. Clair Taylor Union Unincorporated community Watkins Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties