Lincoln Township, Shelby County, Iowa

Lincoln Township is a township in Shelby County, Iowa. In the 2020 U.S. Census, there were 406 residents of the township, with 137 occupied dwellings, and 3 unoccupied dwellings.^[1] The total area is 33.6 square miles.^[2]

This township was constituted on April 3, 1871, when it had a population of 129. It it bounded to the north by Westphalia Township, on the east by Center, on the south by Shelby and Fairview, and on the west by Cass.^[3] The first white settler in what became the township was likely Jacob Bosley, who arrived in 1865, followed most likely by T.A. Long in 1868.^[4]

The township's population declined since the 1930 census (population 640) to 371 in the 2020 census, before rising slightly to 406 in the 2020 census.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

41°38′54″N 95°22′58″W / 41.6483°N 95.3827°W / 41.6483; -95.3827