Oakland Township, Franklin County, Iowa

Oakland Township
Oakland Township
CDT)
ZIP codes	50006, 50071, 50227
GNIS feature ID	0468457

Oakland Township is one of sixteen townships in Franklin County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 216 and it contained 121 housing units.^[1]

History

Oakland Township was created in 1868.^[3]

Geography

As of the 2010 census, Oakland Township covered an area of 36.36 square miles (94.2 km²); of this, 36.34 square miles (94.1 km²) (99.93 percent) was land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) (0.07 percent) was water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Popejoy

Unincorporated towns

Oakland at 42°34′52″N 93°26′36″W / 42.5810884°N 93.4432620°W / 42.5810884; -93.4432620

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

Cemeteries

The township contains Oakland Valley Cemetery,^[4] Olson Cemetery^[5] and Otis Grove Cemetery.^[6]

Transportation

Interstate 35

School districts

Alden Community School District
Dows Community School District
Iowa Falls Community School District

Political districts

Iowa's 4th congressional district
State House District 54
State Senate District 27

References

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "2010 Census Gazetteer". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
^ "Oakland Township, Franklin County, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
^ Stuart, I. L. (1914). History of Franklin County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 124.
^ "Oakland Valley Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
^ "Olson Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
^ "Otis Grove Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

External links

City-Data.com

[Gazetteer-1] "2010 Census Gazetteer". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

[2] "Oakland Township, Franklin County, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

[3] Stuart, I. L. (1914). History of Franklin County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 124.

[4] "Oakland Valley Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

[5] "Olson Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

[6] "Otis Grove Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Hampton
Cities	Ackley‡ Alexander Coulter Dows‡ Geneva Hampton Hansell Latimer Popejoy Sheffield	Map of Iowa highlighting Franklin County
Townships	Geneva Grant Hamilton Ingham Lee Marion Morgan Mott Oakland Osceola Reeve Richland Ross Scott West Fork Wisner
CDPs	Bradford Chapin
Unincorporated communities	Burdette Faulkner Oakland
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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