Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa
Morning Sun Township is a township in Louisa County, Iowa.[1]
Geography
It has a land area of 37.6 square miles (60.5 square km).[2] There are no good sized ponds or lakes, and the only notable water comes from creeks. The total population is 1,217, made up of 584 males and 633 females. It has a population density of 32 people per square mile (19.2 per square km). It has one incorporated town, Morning Sun. Its population was 836 as of the 2010 Census. The township's two major roads are Iowa State Route 78 and Iowa Road X37.
Nearby townships
Morning Sun township borders six others:
- Marshall Township (N/NW)
- Wapello Township (N/NE/E)
- Yellow Spring Township (SE)
- Washington Township (S)
- Canaan Township (SW)
- Scott Township (W/NW)
History
Morning Sun Township was organized in 1854.[3]
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References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa
- "Morning Sun township, Louisa County, Iowa". City Data. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- Springer, Arthur (1912). History of Louisa County, Iowa, from Its Earliest Settlement to 1912, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 91.
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