Spring Rock Township, Clinton County, Iowa

Clinton County

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

Geography

The Spring Rock Township is located in Eastern Iowa and is traversed in a north-south direction from the Wapsipinicon River, a right tributary of the 55 km eastern Mississippi, which forms the border with Illinois. The border with Wisconsin is located around 90 km north.

The Spring Rock Township is located at 41 ° 49'00 " north latitude and 90 ° 51'06 " west longitude and extends over 93.9 km ².

The Spring Rock Township is located in the extreme southwest of Clinton County and is bordered to the west by the Cedar and to the south the Scott County. Inside the Clinton County the Spring Rock Township is bordered to the north by the Liberty Township, in the northeast on the Grant Township and on the east by the Olive Township.

Traffic

Through the Olive Township runs in an east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 30 All other roads are County Roads and further subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

Parallel to Highway 30 runs a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

The nearest airport is around 35 km south-east of the township located Davenport Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is around 60 km south-east situated Quad City International Airport.

Population

In the census in 2010, the township had 1182 inhabitants. In addition to scattered settlements exist in Olive Township Wheatland an independent commune ( with a status of "City" ).