Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Official Name: | Yellow Springs Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Des Moines County |
Leader Title: | County Board of Supervisors |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1838 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 46.8 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 46.8 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
Population Total: | 557 |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Yellow Springs is a township in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The township includes the territory of a former incarnation of Huron Township. When the township was first settled, there were Indians living on the land, and they were moved to an Indian reservation that included part of the township. The early 20th century author Augustine M. Antrobus described most of the settlers as "men of character, men who left their impress on the times in which they lived, so much so, that this township can boast, that no other is its superior in all these things which exalt a people".[1]