Atchison Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

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Atchison Township
Township
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Hickory Grove Schoolhouse originally east of Clearmont, now removed to Maryville
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Coordinates: 40°31′38″N94°58′33″W / 40.5273564°N 94.9758448°W / 40.5273564; -94.9758448
Country United States
State Missouri
County Nodaway
Erected1845
Area
[1]
 • Total
55.62 sq mi (144.1 km2)
 • Land55.53 sq mi (143.8 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.16%
Elevation
[2]
1,112 ft (339 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
386
 • Density7.0/sq mi (2.7/km2)
FIPS code 29-14702350 [1]
GNIS feature ID767084 [2]

Atchison Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 386. [3] The town of Clearmont lies in its southwest.

Atchison Township was established in April 1845, and named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri. [4]

Sink Creek sources from the center of this township and flows westerly, passes north of Clearmont, and deposits in the Nodaway River.

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atchison Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.


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