Center Township (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Dubuque County
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The Center Township is one of 17 townships in Dubuque County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa.
Geography
The Center Township is located in Eastern Iowa on the western outskirts of Dubuque, which is situated at Iowa from Illinois separating Mississippi center of the region.
The Center Township is drained by the Little Maquoketa River and is located at 42 ° 30'54 " north latitude and 90 ° 50'30 " west longitude. The Township covers 93.36 km ².
The Center Township is located in the northeastern center of Dubuque County and is bordered to the north by the Jefferson Township, in the northeast on the Peru Township, on the east by the Dubuque Township and the City of Dubuque, on the south by the Vernon Township, to the southwest by the Taylor Township, on the west by the Iowa Township and to the northwest by the Concord Township.
Traffic
Through the Township proceed no national roads and is only crossed by a partially unpaved County Roads.
Due to the extreme southeast of Center Township is a railway line of the Canadian National Railway, which runs from Chicago through Dubuque to West.
The nearest airport is around 35 km south-east location, Dubuque Regional Airport.
Population
In the census in 2010, the township had 2505 inhabitants.
At the Center Township following locations exist:
Citys
- Asbury1
- Centralia2
- Count
Unincorporated Community
- Julien1
1 - predominantly in the Dubuque Township 2 - partially in the Vernon Township