Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

40°46′08″N 93°57′59″W / 40.76889°N 93.96639°W / 40.76889; -93.96639Country

United StatesState

IowaCountyDecaturArea

• Total35.76 sq mi (92.61 km²) • Land35.69 sq mi (92.43 km²) • Water0.07 sq mi (0.18 km²) 0.19%Elevation

1,037 ft (316 m)Population

(2000)

• Total112 • Density3.1/sq mi (1.2/km²)GNIS feature ID0467924

Grand River Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 112. The African American entrepreneur and publisher of the Iowa Bystander John Lay Thompson was born on his family's farm in the township in 1869.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Grand River Township covers an area of 35.76 square miles (92.61 square kilometers); of this, 0.07 square miles (0.18 square kilometers) or 0.19 percent is water. The streams of South Elk Creek and West Elk Creek run through this township.

Adjacent townships

Richland Township (north)
Long Creek Township (northeast)
Decatur Township (east)
Burrell Township (southeast)
Bloomington Township (south)
Athens Township, Ringgold County (southwest)
Monroe Township, Ringgold County (west)
Union Township, Ringgold County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Millsap, Oak Hill and Old Funk.^[3]

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ 1880 United States Census records for Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa, reported in a rootsweb.com mailing list.
^ "April 3: John Lay Thompson". African American Registry -- Your Source for African American History. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
^ Decatur County Iowa Cemeteries