Monroe Township, Johnson County, Iowa

Monroe Township is a township in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is one of the townships on the northern edge of Johnson County, bordering Linn County.

History
Monroe Township was organized in 1846.

During the latter half of the 19th century, the township was heavily settled by Czech immigrants. The Czech population included a number of Czech protestant families who in 1893 built a chapel on property donated by George Chadima. The chapel was called "The Evangelical Bohemian Moravian Brothers" and was a satellite of the mother church at Ely in Linn County. The church functioned until 1936 when it burnded down after being struck by lightning.