De Witt Township, Clinton County, Iowa

Clinton County

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The De Witt Township is one of 18 townships in Clinton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa.

Geography

The De Witt Township is located in Eastern Iowa on the north bank of the Wapsipinicon River, a right tributary of the 20 km eastern Mississippi, which forms the border with Illinois. The border with Wisconsin is located about 80 km north.

The De Witt Township is located at 41 ° 49'25 " north latitude and 90 ° 31'33 " west longitude and extending over 141.1 km ².

The De Witt Township is located south of Clinton County and is bordered to the south by the Scott County. Inside the Clinton County the De Witt Township is bordered to the west by the Orange Township, on the northwest by the Welton Township, in the northeast on the Washington Township and Center Township, and on the east by the Eden Township.

Traffic

In the De Witt Township of running in a north-south direction and extended in the southern section Freeway U.S. Highway 61 crosses the east-west running U.S. Highway 30 All other roads are County Roads and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

By De Witt Township leads extending in a west-east direction railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The nearest airport is around 15 km east of the township situated Clinton Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is approximately 45 km south to Quad City International Airport.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 6658 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the De Witt Township with the city of DeWitt only an independent municipality.