Riverton Township, Clay County, Iowa

Riverton Township
Township
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 43°07′41″N 095°13′11″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Clay
Area
• Total	31.01 sq mi (80.31 km^2)
• Land	30.97 sq mi (80.2 km^2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km^2)  0.14%
Elevation	1,322 ft (403 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	321
• Density	10.4/sq mi (4/km^2)
GNIS feature ID	0468623

Riverton Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 321.

History

Riverton Township was created in 1874.^[1]

Geography

Riverton Township covers an area of 31.01 square miles (80.3 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements.

The streams of Spring Creek and Stony Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Riverton Township contains one airport or landing strip, Spencer Municipal Airport.

Notes

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

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com