Palestine Township, Story County, Iowa

Palestine Township
Township
Location in Story County
Coordinates: 41°54′25″N 093°38′22″W / 41.90694°N 93.63944°W / 41.90694; -93.63944Coordinates: 41°54′25″N 093°38′22″W / 41.90694°N 93.63944°W / 41.90694; -93.63944
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Story
Area
• Total	36.4 sq mi (94 km²)
• Land	36.4 sq mi (94 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0 km²) 0.0%
Elevation	1,024 ft (312 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	4,604
• Density	127/sq mi (49/km²)
ZIP Code	50124, 50244, 50134, 50226, 50242, 50243, 50046, 50010, 50014
Area code(s)	515

Palestine Township is a township in Story County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,604.

Geography

Palestine Township covers an area of 36.4 square miles (94 km²) and contains the incorporated towns of Huxley, Slater, Sheldahl and Kelley. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Lincoln Cemetery, Bethany Cemetery, Slater Cemetery, Sheldahl Lutheran Cemetery, Fjeldberg Cemetery and Palestine Cemetery

U.S. Route 69 runs north-south through the township and Iowa Hwy 210 runs east-west.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Municipalities and communities of Story County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Nevada

Cities	Ames Cambridge Collins Colo Gilbert Huxley Kelley Maxwell McCallsburg Nevada Roland Sheldahl‡ Slater Story City Zearing

Townships	Collins Franklin Grant Howard Indian Creek Lafayette Lincoln Milford Nevada New Albany Palestine Richland Sherman Union Warren Washington

Unincorporated communities	Fernald Iowa Center

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

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