Eureka Township is one of the seventeen townships of Adair County, Iowa, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 101.[1]
History
Eureka Township was organized in 1870.[2] "Eureka!" is said to have exclaimed by an early settler when he discovered coal within the township borders.[3] It was served by Berea post office from 1894 to 1908,[4] named after the Ancient Greek city of Berea.[5]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Eureka Township covers an area of 35.59 square miles (92.19 square kilometers); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 square kilometers) or 0.14 percent is water.
Cities
Extinct towns
- Berea
Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Eureka.
Major highways
Lakes
- Nodaway Lake
Landmarks
- Ken Sidey Nature Area County Park
- Nodaway Park
School districts
- Nodaway Valley
Political districts
- Iowa's 4th congressional district
- State House District 58
- State Senate District 29
References
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States National Atlas
- ^ "2020 Census State Redistricting Data". census.gov. United states Census Bureau. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa. Continental Historical Company. 1884. pp. 837.
- ^ Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 167.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ Joseph Silas Diller (1902). Topographic Development of the Klamath Mountains. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 41.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |