Buchanan Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Buchanan Township
Township
Map highlighting Buchanan Township, Atchison County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 40°33′52″N95°39′31″W / 40.5644224°N 95.6586419°W / 40.5644224; -95.6586419
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Atchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
108.8 km2 (42.02 sq mi)
 • Land106.8 km2 (41.25 sq mi)
 • Water2.0 km2 (0.77 sq mi)  1.83%
Elevation
[2]
276 m (906 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
65
 • Density0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-00509244 [1]
GNIS feature ID766231 [2]

Buchanan Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 65. [3] The northwest corner of the township is the northwest corner of the entire state.

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Buchanan Township was established in 1858, and named after James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. [4]

Geography

The Nishnabotna River passes north-south through the township, and Nebraska has a pene-enclave named McKissick Island that comprises most of its southern border.

Lower Hamburg Island, an island of the Missouri River, is located in the westernmost portion of the township and extends slightly into Fremont County, Iowa. The island is within the Lower Hamburg Bend Conservation Area and contains the northwesternmost point in Missouri. [5]

Buchanan Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. Buchanan Township has two cemeteries: Union, and Clayton-Lewis. Greys Lake is within this township.

See also

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: Buchanan Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Lower Hamburg Bend Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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