Herdland Township, Clay County, Iowa

Herdland Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 210.

Herdland Township
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 42°56′58″N 095°05′00″W
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyClay
Area
  Total35.57 sq mi (92.12 km2)
  Land35.56 sq mi (92.1 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)  0.01%
Elevation
1,362 ft (415 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total210
  Density5.9/sq mi (2.3/km2)
GNIS feature ID0468029

History

Herdland Township was created in 1873.[1]

Geography

Herdland Township covers an area of 35.57 square miles (92.1 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements, although the unincorporated community of Cornell is located here. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Burr Oak, Liberty and Osborn.

The streams of Montgomery Creek and Willow Creek run through this township.

Notes

  1. Gillespie, Samuel (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 60.

References


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