Boardman Township, Clayton County, Iowa

Clayton County

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The Boardman Township is one of 22 townships in Clayton County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Iowa.

Geography

The Boardman Township is located in northeastern Iowa on Turkey River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, which forms the approximately 30 km east the Wisconsin border. The border with Minnesota is located about 100 km north, Illinois starts approximately 100 km south-east on the opposite bank of the Mississippi.

The Boardman Township is located at 42 ° 52 'N, 91 ° 25' W42.862222222222 - 91.424722222222 and extends over 94.41 km ².

The Boardman Township borders within the Clayton County in the north to the Wagner Township, in the northeast on the Farmersburg Township, in the east and southeast to the Read Township, on the south by the Cox Creek Township, to the southwest by the Sperry Township, on the west by the Highland Township and to the northwest by the Marion Township.

Traffic

In the Boardman Township Iowa Highways 13 and 56 and a number of minor roads meet together.

The Elkader Municipal Airport is located in the west of Boardman Township.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 1684 inhabitants.

The majority of the population of the Boardman Township focuses on Elkader, the only independent municipality ( with the status of "City" ). Elkader is also the administrative seat of the entire Clayton County.