title: Decatur Township, Decatur County, Iowa
text: # Decatur Township, Decatur County, Iowa
  
  Decatur Township is a township in Decatur County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 425.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Decatur Township covers an area of 35.77 square miles (92.65 square kilometers); of this, 0.14 square miles (0.35 square kilometers) or 0.38 percent is water. The streams of Long Creek and Marks Branch run through this township.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Decatur City
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Long Creek Township (north)
  * Franklin Township (northeast)
  * Center Township (east)
  * Eden Township (southeast)
  * Burrell Township (south)
  * Bloomington Township (southwest)
  * Grand River Township (west)
  * Richland Township (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains six cemeteries: Cash, Decatur City, Palenstine, Shy, Waller and Woodmansee.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Interstate 35
  