Hampshire Township, Clinton County, Iowa

Hampshire Township
Township
Location in Clinton County
Coordinates: 41°54′15″N 090°15′06″W / 41.90417°N 90.25167°W / 41.90417; -90.25167Coordinates: 41°54′15″N 090°15′06″W / 41.90417°N 90.25167°W / 41.90417; -90.25167
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Clinton
Area
• Total	39.45 sq mi (102.18 km²)
• Land	36.8 sq mi (95.31 km²)
• Water	2.66 sq mi (6.88 km²) 6.73%
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	877
• Density	23.8/sq mi (9.2/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0467995

Hampshire Township is a township in Clinton County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 877.

History

Hampshire Township was organized in 1857.^[1]

Geography

Hampshire Township covers an area of 39.45 square miles (102.2 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Dierks, Holy Cross and Pleasant Hill.

Notes

↑ Wolfe, Patrick B. (1911). Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 1. B. F. Bowen. p. 289.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Clinton

Cities	Andover Calamus Camanche Charlotte Clinton DeWitt Delmar Goose Lake Grand Mound Lost Nation Low Moor Maquoketa‡ Toronto Welton Wheatland

Townships	Bloomfield Brookfield Camanche Center De Witt Deep Creek Eden Elk River Grant Hampshire Liberty Olive Orange Sharon Spring Rock Washington Waterford Welton

Unincorporated communities	Almont Bryant Elvira Elwood Folletts Malone Petersville Teeds Grove

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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