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Des Moines Township is a township in Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States.

History

Des Moines Township was organized in 1859. It is named from the Des Moines River that runs through it.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Des Moines Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa
2. Flickinger, Robert Elliott (1904). The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa. G. Sanborn. pp. 559–560.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Pocahontas
Cities	Fonda Gilmore City‡ Havelock Laurens Palmer Plover Pocahontas Rolfe Varina
Townships	Bellville Cedar Center Colfax Cummins Des Moines Dover Garfield Grant Lake Lincoln Lizard Marshall Powhatan Roosevelt Sherman Swan Lake
Unincorporated community	Ware
Ghost town	Lizard Rubens
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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40°30′N 91°32′W / 40.50°N 91.54°W / 40.50; -91.54

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