Pike Township, Muscatine County, Iowa

Coordinates: 41°28′03″N 91°17′44″W / 41.4675°N 91.2956°W / 41.4675; -91.2956
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Pike Township is a township in Muscatine County, Iowa, in the United States.[1]

History[edit]

Pike Township was organized in 1853.[2] Nichols was established in the early 1870s in an area of Section 15 of Pike Township known locally as Elephant Swamp.

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pike Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
  2. ^ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 236.

41°28′03″N 91°17′44″W / 41.4675°N 91.2956°W / 41.4675; -91.2956