Summit Township, Adair County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States

41°27′45″N 094°38′29″W / 41.46250°N 94.64139°W / 41.46250; -94.64139Country

United StatesState

IowaCountyAdairArea

• Total35.59 sq mi (92.18 km²) • Land35.54 sq mi (92.04 km²) • Water0.05 sq mi (0.14 km²)Elevation

^[1]

1,375 ft (419 m)Population

(2010)

• Total967 • Density27.2/sq mi (10.5/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code19-94035^[2]GNIS feature ID0468760

Summit Township is one of seventeen townships in Adair County, Iowa, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 967.^[3]

History

Summit Township was organized in 1871. Summit is named from the ridge it contains that forms the watershed between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.^[4]

A post office named Linwood opened in March 1895. Henry L. Manion was the postmaster.^[5] This post office was in Summit Township and was discontinued^[6] in 1903.^[7]

Geography

Summit Township covers an area of 35.59 square miles (92.2 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Adair. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Saint Johns and Sunny Hill.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "IA - Summit township". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
^ Kilburn, Lucian Moody (1915). History of Adair County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1. Pioneer Publishing Company. pp. 127–128.
^ "Miscellaneous Washington News". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, IA. March 7, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1912. p. 732.
^ "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.