Lincoln Township, Story County, Iowa

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Township in Iowa, United States

Lincoln Township

Township

Location in Story County

Coordinates: 42°09′55″N 093°17′30″W﻿ / ﻿42.16528°N 93.29167°W﻿ / 42.16528; -93.29167
Country|  United States
State|  Iowa
County| Story
Area

• Total

| 35.3 sq mi (91 km2)
• Land| 35.3 sq mi (91 km2)
• Water| 0.0 sq mi (0 km2)  0.0%
Elevation

| 1,066 ft (325 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 856
• Density| 24/sq mi (9/km2)
ZIP Code|

50278

Area code| 641

Lincoln Township is a township in Story County, Iowa, United States. At the 2000 census, its population was 856.

## Geography

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Lincoln Township covers an area of 35.3 square miles (91 km2) and contains the incorporated town of Zearing. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery: the Zearing Cemetery.

U.S. Route 65 runs north–south through the township and County Road E18 runs east–west. County Road E18 was formerly Iowa Hwy 221 until it was decommissioned on July 1, 2003, and redesignated as a county road.

Story County maintains Dakins Lake, a 41-acre (170,000 m2) park located just north of Zearing in Lincoln Township. It has a 5-acre (20,000 m2) lake stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and crappie. It also has a small restored prairie and wooded areas.

## References

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* USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

## External links

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

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Municipalities and communities of Story County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Nevada

Cities|

* Ames
* Cambridge
* Collins
* Colo
* Gilbert
* Huxley
* Kelley
* Maxwell
* McCallsburg
* Nevada
* Roland
* Sheldahl‡
* Slater
* Story City
* Zearing

Map of Iowa highlighting Story County

Townships|

* Collins
* Franklin
* Grant
* Howard
* Indian Creek
* Lafayette
* Lincoln
* Milford
* Nevada
* New Albany
* Palestine
* Richland
* Sherman
* Union
* Warren
* Washington

Unincorporated
communities|

* Fernald
* Iowa Center

Ghost towns/neighborhoods|

* Ontario

Footnotes|

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

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