Richland Township, Delaware County, Iowa


Richland Township is a township in Delaware County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 575.

Geography

Richland Township covers an area of 36.65 square miles ; of this, 0.18 square miles or 0.5 percent is water. The streams of Fenchel Creek and Sand Hagen Creek run through this township.

History

According to the 1870 census, about 883 people lived there. 68 of them were born in Bohemia, several having immigrated from the Tábor District from villages like Hlavatce and Val as well as the town Veselí nad Lužnicí.

Cities and towns

The township contains six cemeteries: Forestville, Pleasant Hill, Reynolds, Saint Albert, Spring Hill and Stanger Farm.

Major highways