Read Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 300.
Read Township was organized in 1856. It is named for Robert R. Read.
Read Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains six cemeteries: Clayton Center, Colony Catholic, County Home, Meenan, Union and Zion Lutheran.
The streams of Bente Branch and Spring Branch run through this township.