Official Name: | Poyner Township, Black Hawk County |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Black Hawk |
Area Total Km2: | 91.33 |
Area Land Km2: | 90.11 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.22 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.26 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.79 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.47 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 2581 |
Population Density Km2: | 28.6 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 74.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 263 |
Elevation Ft: | 863 |
Coordinates: | 42.4617°N -92.2156°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 19-93477[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0468567 |
Poyner Township is one of seventeen rural townships in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,581.
The township was named for Nathan Poyner, a pioneer minister.[3]
Poyner Township covers an area of 35.26sqmi and contains two incorporated settlements: Gilbertville and Raymond. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Poyner Township, Saint Joseph's, Saint Mary's and Saint Mary's Catholic.