Excelsior Township
Township
Location in Dickinson County
Coordinates: 43°23′06″N 95°19′22″W / 43.38500°N 95.32278°W / 43.38500; -95.32278
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Dickinson
Area
• Total	94.16 km2 (36.36 sq mi)
• Land	93.86 km2 (36.24 sq mi)
• Water	0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi)  0.32%
Elevation	452 m (1,483 ft)
Population  ( 2000)
• Total	186
• Density	2/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 ( CST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC-5 ( CDT)
ZIP codes	51345, 51347, 51351
GNIS feature ID	0467803

Excelsior Township is one of twelve townships in Dickinson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 186. ^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Excelsior Township covers an area of 36.36 square miles (94.16 square kilometers); of this, 36.24 square miles (93.86 square kilometers, 99.68 percent) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 square kilometers, 0.32 percent) is water.

Adjacent townships

• Silver Lake Township (north)
• Diamond Lake Township (northeast)
• Lakeville Township (east)
• Okoboji Township (southeast)
• Westport Township (south)
• Harrison Township, Osceola County (southwest)
• Allison Township, Osceola County (west)
• Fairview Township, Osceola County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Excelsior Township Cemetery.

Major highways

• Iowa Highway 9

Lakes

• Stony Lake

School districts

• Harris-Lake Park Community School District
• Okoboji Community School District

Political districts

• Iowa's 5th congressional district
• State House District 06
• State Senate District 03

References

• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Excelsior Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com