Palestine Township, Story County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

Palestine Township

Township

Location in Story County

Coordinates: 41°54′25″N 093°38′22″W﻿ / ﻿41.90694°N 93.63944°W﻿ / 41.90694; -93.63944
Country|  United States
State|  Iowa
County| Story
Area

• Total

| 36.4 sq mi (94 km2)
• Land| 36.4 sq mi (94 km2)
• Water| 0.0 sq mi (0 km2)  0.0%
Elevation

| 1,024 ft (312 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 4,604
• Density| 127/sq mi (49/km2)
ZIP Code|

50124, 50244, 50134, 50226, 50242, 50243, 50046, 50010, 50014

Area code| 515

Palestine Township is a township in Story County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,604.

## Geography

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Palestine Township covers an area of 36.4 square miles (94 km2) and contains the incorporated towns of Huxley, Slater, Sheldahl and Kelley. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Lincoln Cemetery, Bethany Cemetery, Slater Cemetery, Sheldahl Lutheran Cemetery, Fjeldberg Cemetery and Palestine Cemetery.

## Major highways

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* U.S. Route 69 (North-South)
* Iowa Highway 210 (East-West)

## 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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