Tilden Township was named after Joseph White Tilden (1819–1903) a pioneer who emigrated first from Lebanon, Connecticut, to Forest Lake, Pennsylvania, to Springfield, Illinois, and then to Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In 1866, he claimed as a homestead 480 acres (1.9 km2) of section 26, residing there with his wife, Irene Elizabeth West, and five children.

[3] Tilden Township covers an area of 36.25 square miles (93.9 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Mount Pleasant and Trinity.

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