Richland Township, Dickinson County, Iowa

Richland Township
—  Township  —
Location in Dickinson County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Dickinson
Area
• Total	36.37 sq mi (94.19 km2)
• Land	36.1 sq mi (93.5 km2)
• Water	0.26 sq mi (0.69 km2)  0.73%
Elevation	1,463 ft (446 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	261
• Density	7.2/sq mi (2.8/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	51334, 51360, 51363, 51364
GNIS feature ID	0468603

Richland Township is one of twelve townships in Dickinson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 261^[1].

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

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Richland Township covers an area of 36.37 square miles (94.19 square kilometers); of this, 36.1 square miles (93.5 square kilometers, 99.27 percent) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.69 square kilometers, 0.73 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Superior (south edge)

Adjacent townships

• Superior Township (north)
• Emmet Township, Emmet County (northeast)
• Estherville Township, Emmet County (east)
• Twelve Mile Lake Township, Emmet County (southeast)
• Lloyd Township (south)
• Milford Township (southwest)
• Center Grove Township (west)
• Spirit Lake Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Richland Cemetery (historical).

Major highways

• U.S. Route 71
• Iowa Highway 9

Lakes

• Fourmile Lake
• Lily Lake
• Pleasant Lake

School districts

• Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District
• Spirit Lake Community School District
• Terril Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 5th congressional district
• State House District 06
• State Senate District 03

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 Dickinson County, Iowa, USA County seat: Spirit Lake Cities Arnolds Park Lake Park Milford Okoboji Orleans Spirit Lake Superior Terril Wahpeton West Okoboji Townships Center Grove Diamond Lake Excelsior Lakeville Lloyd Milford Okoboji Richland Silver Lake Spirit Lake Superior Westport Unincorporated community Montgomery