Badger Township, Webster County, Iowa

42°37′N 94°08′W﻿ / ﻿42.62°N 94.14°W﻿ / 42.62; -94.14

Township in Iowa, United States

Badger Township

Township

Country| United States
State| Iowa
County| Webster County
Established| October 10, 1865[1]
Area

• Land| 37.0 sq mi (96 km2)
• Water| 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Population

• Total| 314
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)

Badger Township is in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population is 1,287 with 646 males and 641 females. The land area is 37.0 square miles (96 km2) and the water area 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2)[2] The township got its name from Badger Creek, which itself got its name when a group of soldiers from Fort Dodge in the early 1850s saw a badger for the first time.[1]

The township has three cemeteries: Blossom Hill, Hovey, and Pioneer.

## References

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1. ^ a b Webster County Bicentennial Commission (1976). Webster's Prairies: The Township History of the County. Fort Dodge, Iowa. p. 114\. OCLC 3618204.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ "Badger township, Webster County, Iowa (IA)". City Data. Retrieved November 7, 2009.

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Municipalities and communities of Webster County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Fort Dodge

Cities|

* Badger
* Barnum
* Callender
* Clare
* Dayton
* Duncombe
* Farnhamville‡
* Fort Dodge
* Gowrie
* Harcourt
* Lehigh
* Moorland
* Otho
* Stratford‡
* Vincent

Map of Iowa highlighting Webster County

Townships|

* Badger
* Burnside
* Clay
* Colfax
* Cooper
* Dayton
* Deer Creek
* Douglas
* Elkhorn
* Fulton
* Gowrie
* Hardin
* Jackson
* Johnson
* Lost Grove
* Newark
* Otho
* Pleasant Valley
* Roland
* Sumner
* Wahkonsa
* Washington
* Webster
* Yell

CDP|

* Coalville

Communities|

* Burnside
* Lanyon
* Lundgren
* Palm Grove
* Roelyn
* Slifer

Ghost towns|

* Judd

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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