Estherville Township, Emmet County, Iowa

Emmet County

19-91242

The Estherville Township is one of 12 townships in Emmet County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa.

Geography

The Estherville Township is located in northwestern Iowa about 15 km south of the border with Minnesota and is traversed in a north-south direction from the headwaters of the Des Moines River. The Estherville Township is located at 43 ° 23'03 " north latitude and 94 ° 50'56 " west longitude. The Township covers 92.75 km ².

To the west of Estherville Township are a number of natural, recreational and leisure facilities:

• Fort Defiance State Park
• Four Mile Lake Wildlife Management Area
• Cheever Lake State Game Management Area

The Estherville Township borders within the Emmet County in the north to the Emmet Township, in the northeast on the Ellsworth Township, on the east by the Center Township, to the southeast by the High Lake Township, and on the south by the Twelve Mile Lake Township. In the West, Estherville Township is adjacent to the Dickinson County.

Traffic

In the Estherville Township of running in a north-south direction Iowa Highway 4 crosses the Iowa Highway 9

Within the Estherville Township meet several train lines of different railway companies together.

Located just outside the Estherville Estherville Township Municipal Airport is located in the east adjacent Center Township.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 6730 inhabitants.

The population of the Estherville Township focuses for the most part in the small town of Estherville, which has the status of "city".