Spring Rock Township, Clinton County, Iowa

Spring Rock Township
Township

Location in Clinton County
Coordinates: 41°49′00″N 090°51′06″W / 41.81667°N 90.85167°W / 41.81667; -90.85167Coordinates: 41°49′00″N 090°51′06″W / 41.81667°N 90.85167°W / 41.81667; -90.85167
Country  United States
State  Iowa
County Clinton
Area
 • Total 36.25 sq mi (93.9 km2)
 • Land 36.25 sq mi (93.9 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation 682 ft (208 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 1,142
 • Density 31.5/sq mi (12.2/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0468744

Spring Rock Township is a township in Clinton County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142.

History

Spring Rock Township was organized in 1844. The township takes its name from a huge rock at found at a spring in Scott County.[1]

Geography

Spring Rock Township covers an area of 36.25 square miles (93.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Wheatland, along with some unincorporated settlements such as Big Rock. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Homigrahusen, Pine Hill, Rose Hill and Saint Pauls.

The streams of Calamus Creek, Lizard Creek, Rock Creek and Yankee Run run through this township.

Notes

  1. ↑ Wolfe, Patrick B. (1911). Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 1. B. F. Bowen. p. 329.

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