Richland Township is one of sixteen townships in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.

As of the 2010 census, its population was 219 and it contained 99 housing units.

[1] Richland Township was organized in 1872.

[3] As of the 2010 census, Richland Township covered an area of 36.64 square miles (94.9 km2), all land.

[1] The township contains Old Chapin Cemetery,[4] Shobes Grove Cemetery[5] and Zion Reformed Cemetery.