Garden Grove Township, Decatur County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

Garden Grove Township

Township

Location in Decatur County

Coordinates: 40°51′29″N 93°36′56″W﻿ / ﻿40.85806°N 93.61556°W﻿ / 40.85806; -93.61556
Country|  United States
State|  Iowa
County| Decatur
Area

• Total

| 35.73 sq mi (92.55 km2)
• Land| 35.69 sq mi (92.43 km2)
• Water| 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)  0.12%
Elevation

| 1,070 ft (326 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 428
• Density| 12/sq mi (4.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0467889

Garden Grove Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 428.

## History

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Garden Grove Township was created in 1850.[1]

## Geography

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Garden Grove Township covers an area of 35.73 square miles (92.5 km2); of this, 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) or 0.12 percent is water. The streams of Mormon Pool and Weldon Creek run through this township.

### Cities and towns

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* Le Roy
* Garden Grove

### Adjacent townships

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* Franklin Township, Clarke County (north)
* Union Township, Lucas County (northeast)
* Richman Township, Wayne County (east)
* High Point Township (south)
* Center Township (southwest)
* Franklin Township (west)
* Green Bay Township, Clarke County (northwest)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains five cemeteries: Doze, Garden Grove, Metier, Morman and Winters.

### Major highways

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## References

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* U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ Smith, Heman Conoman (1915). History of Decatur County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 16.

## External links

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* US-Counties.com
* City-Data.com

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Municipalities and communities of Decatur County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Leon

Cities|

* Davis City
* Decatur City
* Garden Grove
* Grand River
* Lamoni
* Leon
* Le Roy
* Pleasanton
* Van Wert
* Weldon

Map of Iowa highlighting Decatur County

Townships|

* Bloomington
* Burrell
* Center
* Decatur
* Eden
* Fayette
* Franklin
* Garden Grove
* Grand River
* Hamilton
* High Point
* Long Creek
* Morgan
* New Buda
* Richland
* Woodland

Unincorporated
communities|

* High Point
* New Buda
* Terre Haute
* Tuskeego
* Woodland

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