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Belmont Township is a township in Warren County, Iowa, USA.^[1]

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Many early settlers of Belmont Township hailed from Belmont County, Ohio, hence the name.^[2]^[3] The construction and operation of the railroad led to the founding of Milo within the township, which grew to become a politically separate municipality.

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa
^ The History of Warren County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c, Volume 1. Higginson Book Company. 1879. p. 524.
^ History of Warren County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1908. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1908. pp. 298.

41°17′29″N 93°23′08″W / 41.2913°N 93.3855°W / 41.2913; -93.3855

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa

[2] The History of Warren County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c, Volume 1. Higginson Book Company. 1879. p. 524.

[3] History of Warren County, Iowa: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1908. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1908. pp. 298.

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