New Buda Township, Decatur County, Iowa

New Buda Township
Township
Location in Decatur County
Coordinates: 40°36′38″N 93°50′40″W / 40.61056°N 93.84444°WCoordinates: 40°36′38″N 93°50′40″W / 40.61056°N 93.84444°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Decatur
Area
• Total	25.28 sq mi (65.47 km^2)
• Land	25.19 sq mi (65.24 km^2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.23 km^2)  0.35%
Elevation	938 ft (286 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	270
• Density	10.7/sq mi (4.1/km^2)
GNIS feature ID	0468429

New Buda Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 270.

History

The name New Buda is derived from Buda, now the part of Budapest, given by the Hungarian immigrants who settled there.^[1]

Geography

New Buda Township covers an area of 25.28 square miles (65.47 square kilometers); of this, 0.09 square miles (0.23 square kilometers) or 0.35 percent, is water. The stream of Dickersons Branch runs through this township.

Cities and towns

• Davis City (southwest quarter)

Unincorporated towns

• New Buda
• Togo (historical)

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Burrell Township (north)
• Eden Township (northeast)
• Hamilton Township (east)
• Fayette Township (west)
• Lamoni Township (west)
• Bloomington Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Creveling and New Buda.

Major highways

• Interstate 35
• U.S. Route 69

See also

• George Pomutz

References

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

1. Tuttle, Charles Richard (1876). An Illustrated History of the State of Iowa. Richard S. Peale. p. 483.

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com