Tilden Township, Cherokee County, Iowa

Tilden Township
Township
Coordinates: 42°41′28″N 095°48′16″W / 42.69111°N 95.80444°W / 42.69111; -95.80444
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyCherokee
Area
 • Total
36.25 sq mi (93.88 km2)
 • Land36.25 sq mi (93.88 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
1,296 ft (395 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
194
 • Density5.4/sq mi (2.1/km2)
FIPS code19-94113[2]
GNIS feature ID0468789

Tilden Township is one of sixteen townships in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 194.

History

Tilden Township was named after Joseph White Tilden (1819–1903) a pioneer who emigrated first from Lebanon, Connecticut, to Forest Lake, Pennsylvania, to Springfield, Illinois, and then to Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1866, he claimed as a homestead 480 acres (1.9 km2) of section 26, residing there with his wife, Irene Elizabeth West, and five children. They moved to the Washington Territory in 1885.[3]

Geography

Tilden Township covers an area of 36.25 square miles (93.9 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Mount Pleasant and Trinity.

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ History of Cherokee County,Thomas McCulla, Chicago, the S.J.Clark Publishing Company 1914, pg.536


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