Buena Vista Township, Clayton County, Iowa

Township in Iowa, United States
42°40′27″N 090°57′59″W / 42.67417°N 90.96639°W / 42.67417; -90.96639Country United StatesState IowaCountyClaytonArea
 • Total19.88 sq mi (51.48 km2) • Land17.83 sq mi (46.18 km2) • Water2.05 sq mi (5.3 km2)  10.3%Elevation
679 ft (207 m)Population
 (2000)
 • Total339 • Density19/sq mi (7.3/km2)GNIS feature ID0467499

Buena Vista Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 339.

History

Buena Vista Township is named from the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War.[1]

Geography

Buena Vista Township covers an area of 19.88 square miles (51.5 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, North Buena Vista. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Buena Vista, Immaculate Conception and North Buena Vista.

Dead Lake, Spring Lake and Wachendorf Lake are within this township. The streams of Picayune Chute and Turkey River run through this township.

Notes

  1. ^ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. pp. 314.

References

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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