Benton Township, Fremont County, Iowa

Benton Township
Township
Location in Fremont County
Coordinates: 40°44′09″N 95°49′00″W / 40.73583°N 95.81667°W / 40.73583; -95.81667Coordinates: 40°44′09″N 95°49′00″W / 40.73583°N 95.81667°W / 40.73583; -95.81667
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Fremont
Area
• Total	45.71 sq mi (118.39 km2)
• Land	44.4 sq mi (115 km2)
• Water	1.31 sq mi (3.39 km2)  2.87%
Elevation	925 ft (282 m)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	254
• Density	5.7/sq mi (2.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	51648, 51654
GNIS feature ID	0467443[2]

Benton Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 254 and it contained 122 housing units.^[1]

Geography

As of the 2010 census, Benton Township covered an area of 45.71 square miles (118.4 km²); of this, 44.4 square miles (115 km²) (97.13 percent) was land and 1.31 square miles (3.4 km²) (2.87 percent) was water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

• Percival

Unincorporated towns

• Eureka at 40°45′56″N 95°50′16″W / 40.7655570°N 95.8377803°W / 40.7655570; -95.8377803

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

Extinct towns

• East Port at 40°40′44″N 95°50′08″W / 40.6788904°N 95.8355568°W / 40.6788904; -95.8355568

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Cemeteries

The township contains Blanchard Cemetery^[3] and Lambert Cemetery.^[4]

Transportation

• Interstate 29
• Iowa Highway 2

Lakes

• Liebold Lake
• St Lake

School districts

• Fremont-Mills Community School District
• Hamburg Community School District
• Sidney Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 3rd congressional district
• State House District 23
• State Senate District 12

References

• "TIGER/Line Shapefiles". United States Census Bureau. 

1. 1 2 3 "2010 Census Gazetteer". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-02-21. 
2. ↑ "Benton Township, Fremont County, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-02-21. 
3. ↑ "Blanchard Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-02-21. 
4. ↑ "Lambert Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-02-21. 

External links

• City-Data.com

	Liberty Township, Cass County, Nebraska	Scott Township
	Wyoming Township, Otoe County, Nebraska		Sidney Township
		Benton Township
		Four Mile Township, Otoe County, Nebraska	Washington Township

Municipalities and communities of Fremont County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Sidney
Cities	Farragut Hamburg Imogene Randolph Riverton Shenandoah‡ Sidney Tabor‡ Thurman
Townships	Benton Fisher Green Locust Grove Madison Monroe Prairie Riverside Riverton Scott Sidney Walnut Washington
CDPs	Anderson Bartlett Percival
Other unincorporated community	McPaul
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties