Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa


Grand River Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 112. The African American entrepreneur and publisher of the Iowa Bystander John Lay Thompson was born on his family's farm in the township in 1869.

Geography

Grand River Township covers an area of 35.76 square miles ; of this, 0.07 square miles or 0.19 percent is water. The streams of South Elk Creek and West Elk Creek run through this township.

Adjacent townships

The township contains three cemeteries: Millsap, Oak Hill and Old Funk.