Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa
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Jefferson Township is a township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.
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|settlement_type = Township
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|map_caption = Location in Greene County
|image_map1 = Map of Iowa highlighting Greene County.svg
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|map_caption1 = Greene County's location in Iowa
|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Iowa}}
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Greene
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|established_title = Settlement
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}
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|area_total_km2 = 15.57
|area_land_km2 = 15.46
|area_water_km2 = 0.10
|area_total_sq_mi = 6.01
|area_land_sq_mi = 5.97
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04
|population_as_of = 2010
|population_est = 4169
|pop_est_as_of = 2016
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2012-05-11}}
|population_total = 4345
|population_density_km2 = 281.0
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 325
|elevation_ft = 1066
|coordinates = {{coord|42|1|0|N|94|22|36|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 50129
|area_code = 515
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info =
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 0457919
|website = {{URL|1=http://cityofjeffersoniowa.org|2=City of Jefferson}}
|footnotes =
|pop_est_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
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History
In 1854, Jefferson Township was established in Greene County, Iowa.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 | title=Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa | publisher=Brookhaven Press | author=Stillman, Edwin B. | year=1907 | pages=25}} It was one of three townships in Greene County at the time, along with Kendrick and Washington townships, and it encompassed the middle half of the county.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 | title=Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa | publisher=Brookhaven Press | author=Stillman, Edwin B. | year=1907 | pages=25}} It remained this way until it was split into multiple smaller townships, with the name Jefferson Township being given to the northwest corner of the survey township on which the town of Jefferson stood. The other three-quarters of a survey township was named Grant Township.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 | title=Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa | publisher=Brookhaven Press | author=Stillman, Edwin B. | year=1907 | pages=46}}
Geography
Jefferson Township is one of four townships in Greene County that is not a Survey Township, along with Grant Township, Junction Township, and Washington Township.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46 | title=Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa | publisher=Brookhaven Press | author=Stillman, Edwin B. | year=1907 | pages=30}} It is now defined by the city limits of the town by the same name.
References
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{{Greene County, Iowa}}
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Category:Townships in Greene County, Iowa
Category:1854 establishments in Iowa
Category:Populated places established in 1854
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