title: Elk Township, Delaware County, Iowa
text: # Elk Township, Delaware County, Iowa
  
  Elk Township is a township in Delaware County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 626.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Elk Township covers an area of 36.31 square miles (94.05 square kilometers); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.02 square kilometers) or 0.02 percent is water. The streams of Fountain Springs Creek, Odell Branch and Schechtman Branch run through this township.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Greeley
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Elk Township, Clayton County (north)
  * Mallory Township, Clayton County (northeast)
  * Colony Township (east)
  * Bremen Township (southeast)
  * Oneida Township (south)
  * Delaware Township (southwest)
  * Honey Creek Township (west)
  * Lodomillo Township, Clayton County (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains two cemeteries: Grant View and Saint Joseph's.
  
  