Eureka Township is a township in Sac County, Iowa, United States. [1] Schaller, Iowa is contained within Eureka Township. [2]
Eureka Township was founded in 1875. Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its population was a mixture of American-born and German-born residents. The township's name, meaning "I have found it," is said to refer to the good quality of the soil observed by early settlers. [3] The name was proposed by A. P. Searle. [4]
The Sioux City & Wall Lake branch of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company used to run through Eureka Township. [3] From 1875 to 1882, the post office of Mount Hope was within Eureka Township. [5] [6]
Eureka Township is the northwesternmost township in Sac County. [1] It has an area of 36.07 square miles [7] and its elevation is 1417 feet above sea level. [8] Eureka Township is in the Maple/Halfway Creek watershed. [9]
As of the 2020 census, Eureka Township had a population of 881 in 398 households, and 403 total housing units. [10] An estimated 728 residents were white, five were Black, 13 were Asian, four were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 86 were some other race, 16 were of two or more races. [10] As of the 2019 American Community Survey, an estimated 164 residents were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [11] As of the 2010 census, 772 residents lived in Schaller, while 169 lived in the remainder of Eureka Township. [7]
Eureka Township is part of the Schaller-Crestland Community School District. [12]
Eureka Township is represented in the Sac County Board of Supervisors by Ranell Drake of District 1. [13] It is represented in the Iowa Senate by Republican Tim Kraayenbrink of District 4 and in the Iowa House of Representatives by Republican Michael V. Sexton of District 7. [14] Eureka Township is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Randy Feenstra of District 4. [15]