Summit Township, Clay County, Iowa

Summit Township
Summit Township
Township
	Location in Clay County
	Coordinates: 43°12′41″N 095°12′48″W / 43.21139°N 95.21333°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Clay
Area
• Total	35.30 sq mi (91.43 km2)
• Land	35.30 sq mi (91.43 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2) 0%
Elevation	1,358 ft (414 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	452
• Density	13/sq mi (4.9/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0468761

Summit Township is a township in Clay County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 452. Spencer Municipal Airport is located in the township.

History

Summit Township was created in 1872.^[1]

Geography

Summit Township covers an area of 35.3 square miles (91 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Fostoria. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Evergreen.

Economy

At one point Great Lakes Airlines was headquartered in the township.^[2]^[3]

Notes

↑ Gillespie, Samuel (1909). History of Clay County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1909. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 60.
↑ "Welcome to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd." Great Lakes Airlines. December 5, 1998. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.
↑ "Spencer city, Iowa^{[permanent dead link]}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

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

[2] "Welcome to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd." Great Lakes Airlines. December 5, 1998. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.

[3] "Spencer city, Iowa^{[permanent dead link]}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.

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