Buena Vista Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 339.
Buena Vista Township | |
|---|---|
 Location in Clayton County | |
| Coordinates: 42°40′27″N 090°57′59″W / 42.67417°N 90.96639°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Iowa |
| County | Clayton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.88 sq mi (51.48 km2) |
| • Land | 17.83 sq mi (46.18 km2) |
| • Water | 2.05 sq mi (5.3 km2) 10.3% |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 339 |
| • Density | 19/sq mi (7.3/km2) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0467499 |
History
editBuena Vista Township is named from the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican–American War.[1]
Geography
editBuena 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
edit- ^ Price, Realto E. (1916). History of Clayton County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Robert O. Law Company. pp. 314.
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