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Union Township is a township in Story County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1253. ==Geography== Union Township covers an area of and contains the incorporated town of Cambridge. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery: the Cambridge Cemetery. Interstate 35 runs north and south through the township. County Road E29 and Iowa Hwy 210 runs east-west. The Skunk River flows from the northwest to the southeast through the township. Story County maintains the Askew Bridge/Cambridge Pond recreational site at the intersection of 290th Street and R70. This borrow pit site contains a pond surrounded by native vegetation. Along with hunting and fishing, this area provides a Skunk River Water Trail Canoe Access. The county also maintains the Christiansen Forest Preserve at 55973 310th Street. It is a wooded tract at the western edge of the township, continuing into Palestine Township. It was donated to the conservation board in 1985 by Charles Christiansen and is designated as a wildlife refuge (no hunting is allowed). The preserve offers hiking, off-road biking, and bluebird trails. Equestrians are not allowed at the preserve. There is a replica of a colonial-times cabin built by Ballard school students. Union Township is adjacent to Indian Creek, Grant and Palestine townships. * (USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Union Township, Story County, Iowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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