Sharon Township (Clinton County, Iowa)

Clinton County

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

Geography

The Sharon Township is located in Eastern Iowa, around 55 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The border with Wisconsin is located around 75 km north.

The Sharon Township is located at 41 ° 59'19 " north latitude and 90 ° 50'54 " west longitude and extending over 93.96 km ². Within the township are the Lost Nation Public Hunting Area and the McAndrews Wildlife Area.

The Sharon Township is located in the extreme northwest of Clinton County and borders and is bordered on the southwest by the Cedar, on the west by the Jones and the north by the Jackson County. Inside the Clinton County borders the Sharon Township on the east by the Brookfield Township, to the southeast by the Grant Township and on the south by the Liberty Township.

Traffic

By Orange Township runs in an east-west direction of the Iowa Highway 136 All other roads are County Roads and more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest airport is around 15 km north-east of the township located Maquoketa Municipal Airport; The nearest major airports are located about 60 north-northeast Dubuque Regional Airport, which is 80 km south-southeast of preferred Quad City International Airport and about 80 km west location Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.

Population

In the census of 2010, the Township had 701 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Sharon Township with Lost Nation an independent commune ( with a status of "City" ).