Riverton Township, Fremont County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

Riverton Township

Township

Location in Fremont County

Coordinates: 40°41′32″N 95°32′41″W﻿ / ﻿40.69222°N 95.54472°W﻿ / 40.69222; -95.54472
Country| United States
State| Iowa
County| Fremont
Area

• Total| 29.95 sq mi (77.57 km2)
• Land| 28.67 sq mi (74.25 km2)
• Water| 1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2)  4.28%
Elevation

| 928 ft (283 m)
Population

(2010)[1]

• Total| 380
• Density| 13.3/sq mi (5.1/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

51639, 51640, 51650, 51652

GNIS feature ID| 0468625[2]

Riverton Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 380 and it contained 181 housing units.[1]

## Geography

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As of the 2010 census, Riverton Township covered an area of 29.95 square miles (77.6 km2); of this, 28.67 square miles (74.3 km2) (95.72 percent) was land and 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2) (4.28 percent) was water.[1]

### Cities, towns, villages

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* Farragut (west edge)
* Riverton

### Cemeteries

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The township contains Riverton Cemetery.[3]

## School districts

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* Farragut Community School District
* Hamburg Community School District
* Sidney Community School District

## Political districts

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* Iowa's 3rd congressional district
* State House District 23
* State Senate District 12

## References

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* "TIGER/Line Shapefiles". United States Census Bureau.

1. ^ a b c "2010 Census Gazetteer". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
2. ^ "Riverton Township, Fremont County, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
3. ^ "Riverton Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

## External links

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* City-Data.com

Places adjacent to Riverton Township, Fremont County, Iowa

| Sidney Township | Prairie Township |

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Washington Township |

Riverton Township

| Fisher Township
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| Madison Township | Locust Grove Township

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Municipalities and communities of Fremont County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Sidney

Cities|

* Farragut
* Hamburg
* Imogene
* Randolph
* Riverton
* Shenandoah‡
* Sidney
* Tabor‡
* Thurman

Map of Iowa highlighting Fremont County

Townships|

* Benton
* Fisher
* Green
* Locust Grove
* Madison
* Monroe
* Prairie
* Riverside
* Riverton
* Scott
* Sidney
* Walnut
* Washington

CDPs|

* Anderson
* Bartlett
* Percival

Other
unincorporated
community|

* McPaul
* Civil Bend

Footnotes|

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

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