title: Emmet Township, Emmet County, Iowa
text: # Emmet Township, Emmet County, Iowa
  
  Emmet Township is one of twelve townships in Emmet County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 178.
  
  ## History
  
  Emmet Township is named from the county. It was created prior to 1876, but the exact date is unknown because records were lost in a courthouse fire.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the United States Census Bureau, Emmet Township covers an area of 28.42 square miles (73.6 square kilometers); of this, 28.1 square miles (72.78 square kilometers, 98.89 percent) is land and 0.32 square miles (0.82 square kilometers, 1.11 percent) is water.
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Ellsworth Township (east)
  * Center Township (southeast)
  * Estherville Township (south)
  * Richland Township, Dickinson County (southwest)
  * Superior Township, Dickinson County (west)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Iowa Highway 4
  
  ### Lakes
  
  * Eagle Lake
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Iowa's 4th congressional district
  * State House District 7
  * State Senate District 4
  