Since the year 1872, the township includes only the city limits of Fort Dodge and no longer many notable settlements.

[3] Wahkonsa Township was set to contain 470 mi² (300,800 acres) of land.

The first settler in the present-day township was Mrs. Geo H. Rodgers, and the first sermon preached was by Reverend J.

Wahkonsa Township now only embraces the city limits of Fort Dodge, no longer including nearly any notable settlements.

[3] The first township elections took place on Monday, April 6, 1857 in an old log school-house built by the government[2] which elected the County Judge, Clerk of the District Count, Sheriff, Treasurer, Recorder, Drainage Commissioner, County Surveyor, County Assessor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Register of State Land, Commissioner of Des Moines River Improvement, Township Trustee, Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Constable, and Road Supervisor (not included) of the township.