Buckingham Township, Tama County, Iowa
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42°16′24″N 92°28′45″W / 42.27332°N 92.479191°W
Buckingham Township is one of the twenty-one townships of Tama County, Iowa, United States.
The first European-American to permanently settle in what is now Buckingham Township was Norman L. Osborn, who came in January, 1852, and claimed the southeast quarter of section 26.[1] In 1852 the County Judge of Benton County, Iowa, issued an order for the organization of Tama County into townships.[2]: 90 On the first Monday of August, 1852, Judge John C. Vermilya recited the first public record of Tama County, creating the three townships. An informal meeting was held to give names to the townships. The men at the meeting failed to agree on a name, so Miss Margaret Connell named the township "Buckingham", in honor of Governor William A. Buckingham of Norwich, Connecticut.[2]: 84–85
Geography
The geography of the township is low rolling hills and farmland. The primary farmed crops are corn and soybeans. Twelve-Mile Creek runs west to east through the southern portion of the township. Rock Creek runs south from Black Hawk County through the township, joining Twelve-Mile Creek in Section 23.
