Amaqua Township, Boone County, Iowa

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|area_total_km2 = 95.21

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Amaqua Township is one of seventeen townships in Boone County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 283.

History

Amaqua Township was established in 1871.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA297 | title=History of Boone County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Goldthwait, Nathan Edward | year=1914 | pages=297}} Amaqua is an Indian name meaning "beaver".{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA289 | title=History of Boone County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Goldthwait, Nathan Edward | year=1914 | pages=289}}

Geography

Amaqua Township covers an area of {{convert|36.76|sqmi|km2}} and contains one incorporated settlement, Beaver. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Beaver, Grand Ridge, Maas and Maple Grove.

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