Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa

Adel Township is a township in Dallas County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,664.

Adel Township
Township
Location in Dallas County
Coordinates: 41°37′54″N 093°59′27″W
Country United States
State Iowa
CountyDallas
Area
 • Total36.59 sq mi (94.77 km2)
 • Land36.22 sq mi (93.8 km2)
 • Water0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2)  1.01%
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total5,664
 • Density156.4/sq mi (60.4/km2)
GNIS feature ID0467377

Geography

Adel Township covers an area of 36.59 square miles (94.8 km2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Adel (the county seat) and Dallas Center. According to the USGS, it contains nine cemeteries: Dallas County Farm, Gibson, King, Kinnick, Masonic, Merical, Miller, Oakdale and Odd Fellows.

The streams of Hickory Creek and Mill Slough run through this township.

Transportation

Adel Township contains one airport or landing strip, Husband Field.

Churches

Minutes of the Council Meeting held by the Brethren of the Panther Creek Church, Dallas County, Iowa. ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN IN DALLAS COUNTY

    During the fall of the year 1869 a number of families of the Brethren from the different churches of Northern Illinois moved to this (Dallas) County, Iowa. Sometime in the month of November of the year above named, the brothers and sisters that moved here, with those that lived here previous to that time, assembled at the house of Bro. Henry Stitzel in the city of Adel where an organization of the church was affected and called the Panther Creek Church ..."[1]
gollark: ... not currently?
gollark: You can't print microelectronics.
gollark: NEVER!
gollark: You could argue that the reason my phones have problems is that I just don't treat them very well, but really, it's a utility device for my benefit, and I'm not going to go around trying to treat it with reverence, avoid taking it to places it might be damaged, and never using it, to try and protect it.
gollark: The circuitry, I think some of the frame, and any high-temperature parts, can't be printed.

References
  1. Panther Creek Church of the Brethren Centennial - Compiled by Ethel Messamer



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