| Official Name: | Adel Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dallas |
| Area Total Km2: | 94.77 |
| Area Land Km2: | 93.8 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.96 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.59 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.22 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.37 |
| Area Water Percent: | 1.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 5664 |
| Population Density Km2: | 60.4 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 156.4 |
| Elevation M: | 280 |
| Elevation Ft: | 919 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6317°N -93.9908°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0467377 |
Adel Township is a township in Dallas County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,664.
Adel Township covers an area of 36.59sqmi and contains two incorporated settlements: Adel (the county seat) and Dallas Center. According to the USGS, it contains nine cemeteries: Dallas County Farm, Gibson, King, Kinnick, Masonic, Merical, Miller, Oakdale and Odd Fellows.
The streams of Hickory Creek and Mill Slough run through this township.
Adel Township contains one airport or landing strip, Husband Field.
Minutes of the Council Meeting held by the Brethren of the Panther Creek Church, Dallas County, Iowa. ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN IN DALLAS COUNTY During the fall of the year 1869 a number of families of the Brethren from the different churches of Northern Illinois moved to this (Dallas) County, Iowa. Sometime in the month of November of the year above named, the brothers and sisters that moved here, with those that lived here previous to that time, assembled at the house of Bro. Henry Stitzel in the city of Adel where an organization of the church was affected and called the Panther Creek Church ..."[1]