title: Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa
text: # Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa
  
  Colony Township is a township in Delaware County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 863.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Colony Township covers an area of 36.29 square miles (94 square kilometers); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.02 square kilometers) or 0.02 percent is water.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Colesburg
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Holy Cross
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Mallory Township, Clayton County (north)
  * Millville Township, Clayton County (northeast)
  * Liberty Township, Dubuque County (east)
  * New Wine Township, Dubuque County (southeast)
  * Bremen Township (south)
  * Oneida Township (southwest)
  * Elk Township (west)
  * Elk Township, Clayton County (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains four cemeteries: Oak Hill, Platt, Saint Patrick and Zion.
  
  