Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Clark Township
Township
Map highlighting Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 40°19′18″N95°26′18″W / 40.3217133°N 95.4383012°W / 40.3217133; -95.4383012
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Atchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
195.2 km2 (75.37 sq mi)
 • Land194.4 km2 (75.05 sq mi)
 • Water0.8 km2 (0.32 sq mi)  0.42%
Elevation
[2]
303 m (994 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
898
 • Density4.6/km2 (12.0/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-00513996 [1]
GNIS feature ID766232 [2]

Clark Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 898. [3]

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Clark Township was established in 1845 [4] and was one of the five original townships in Atchison County. [5]

A ferry in the southwest of the township crossed the Missouri River to St. Deroin in Nebraska.

Geography

Clark Township covers an area of 75.4 square miles (195.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Fairfax. Two other former settlements were present: Milton and Nishnabotna

The streams of Cow Branch, Old Channel Nishnabotna River, and Rock Creek run through this township. It contains four cemeteries: Beck, Corning, Mount Hope, and Pleasant Ridge.

Deroin Bend Island, an island of the Missouri River, is partly located in the southwesternmost portion of the township but is mostly located in Lincoln Township, Holt County. [6]

Transportation

Clark Township contains one airport, Steele Airport.

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: Clark 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. ↑ History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882. p. 628.
  6. ↑ "Deroin Bend Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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