Bigelow Township, Holt County, Missouri

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Bigelow Township
Township
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Coordinates: 40°06′21″N95°19′33″W / 40.1058314°N 95.3257236°W / 40.1058314; -95.3257236
Country United States
State Missouri
County Holt
Area
[1]
 • Total
31.08 sq mi (80.5 km2)
 • Land29.87 sq mi (77.4 km2)
 • Water1.21 sq mi (3.1 km2)  3.89%
Elevation
[2]
860 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
106
 • Density3.5/sq mi (1.4/km2)
FIPS code 29-08705482 [1]
GNIS feature ID766762 [2]

Bigelow Township is a township in Holt County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 106. [3] It is around 30 square miles. Bigelow, the village, is located in its northeastern quadrant, and Big Lake is located in its southwest and part of it extends into Minton Township.

Bigelow Township was established in 1869, taking its name from Bigelow, Missouri. [4] The township was reduced in size some in 1871 and to its present limits in 1894 when Minton Township was formed. [5]

The Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad was completed through this township in 1869. [6]

Geography

Bigelow and Minton townships are the only ones in Holt County located entirely in the Missouri River bottomlands. [6]

Rush Bottoms Island, an island of the Missouri River, is located in the western portion of Bigelow Township and is within the Rush Bottoms Conservation Area. [7]

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: Bigelow Township, Holt County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Holt County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "History of Holt County, Missouri". St. Joseph, Mo., Midland Printing Co., 1917. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "An illustrated historical atlas map of Holt County, Mo, 1877". Brink, McDonough & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Rush Bottoms Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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