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|official_name = Morgan Township
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Decatur County, Iowa|Decatur]]
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|area_total_km2 = 63.95
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|area_total_sq_mi = 24.69
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|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2000|2000]]
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|population_total = 75
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'''Morgan Township''' is a [[Civil township|township]] in [[Decatur County, Iowa|Decatur County]], [[Iowa]], [[United States]]. As of the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], its population was 75.

==History==
Morgan Township was created in 1850. It was named for county commissioner Josiah Morgan.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16 | title=History of Decatur County, Iowa, and Its People, Volume 1 | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Smith, Heman Conoman | year=1915 | pages=16}}</ref>

==Geography==
Morgan Township covers an area of 24.69 square miles (63.95 square kilometers). The streams of Caleb Creek, Lick Branch and Steel Creek run through this township.

===Unincorporated towns===
* [[Morgan, Iowa|Morgan]]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

===Adjacent townships===
* [[Woodland Township, Decatur County, Iowa|Woodland Township]] (north)
* [[Jefferson Township, Wayne County, Iowa|Jefferson Township, Wayne County]] (northeast)
* [[Grand River Township, Wayne County, Iowa|Grand River Township, Wayne County]] (east)
* [[Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa|Hamilton Township]] (west)
* [[Eden Township, Decatur County, Iowa|Eden Township]] (northwest)

===Cemeteries===
The township contains six cemeteries: Elm, Fugate, Gatliff, Logan, Union and White Oak.

==References==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080905024459/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/iowa.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Morgan-Decatur-IA.html City-Data.com]

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[[Category:Townships in Decatur County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Townships in Iowa]]

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