Soap Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa

Soap Creek Township is a township in Davis County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 610.

History
Soap Creek Township was organized in 1846. It took its name from Soap Creek.

Geography
Soap Creek Township covers an area of 34.9 square miles (90.38 square kilometers); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 square kilometers) or 0.14 percent is water. The stream of Bear Creek runs through this township.

Unincorporated towns
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
 * Belknap
 * Carbon

Adjacent townships

 * Green Township, Wapello County (north)
 * Keokuk Township, Wapello County (northeast)
 * Lick Creek Township (east)
 * Cleveland Township (southeast)
 * Perry Township (southeast)
 * Drakesville Township (south)
 * Marion Township (west)
 * Adams Township, Wapello County (northwest)

Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Baer, Breeding, Harbour, Kingdom, Rime, Roland, Rudd and Sherman Chapel.

Major highways

 * U.S. Route 63