Lone Tree Township, Clay County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

43°07′37″N 095°19′41″W / 43.12694°N 95.32806°W / 43.12694; -95.32806Country

United StatesState

IowaCountyClayArea

• Total35.35 sq mi (91.55 km²) • Land35.34 sq mi (91.52 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²) 0.03%Elevation

1,398 ft (426 m)Population

(2000)

• Total860 • Density24.3/sq mi (9.4/km²)GNIS feature ID0468302

Lone Tree Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 860.

History

Lone Tree Township was created in 1877.^[1] Lone Tree Township takes its name from a large elm tree that was a local landmark on the prairie.^[2]

Geography

Lone Tree Township covers an area of 35.35 square miles (91.6 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Everly. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Lone Tree.

The stream of Sewer Creek runs through this township.

Notes

^ Gillespie, Samuel (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 60.
^ Gillespie, Samuel (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 66.