title: Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa
text: # Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa
  
  Jefferson Township is a township in Greene County, Iowa, USA.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1854, Jefferson Township was established in Greene County, Iowa. It was one of three townships in Greene County at the time, along with Kendrick and Washington townships, and it encompassed the middle half of the county. It remained this way until it was split into multiple smaller townships, with the name Jefferson Township being given to the northwest corner of the survey township on which the town of Jefferson stood. The other three-quarters of a survey township was named Grant Township.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Jefferson Township is one of four townships in Greene County that is not a Survey Township, along with Grant Township, Junction Township, and Washington Township. It is now defined by the city limits of the town by the same name.
  
  