Clay Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Clay Township
Township
Map highlighting Clay Township, Atchison County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 40°23′21″N95°31′44″W / 40.3891576°N 95.528917°W / 40.3891576; -95.528917
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Atchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
108.9 km2 (42.03 sq mi)
 • Land108.8 km2 (42.01 sq mi)
 • Water0.05 km2 (0.02 sq mi)  0.05%
Elevation
[2]
300 m (984 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
1,710
 • Density15.7/km2 (40.7/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-00514284 [1]
GNIS feature ID766233 [2]

Clay Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 1710. [3]

Contents

Clay Township was organized on February 20, 1856 after being split from Clark Township and Polk Township. [4] It was named after Henry Clay of Kentucky. [5]

Geography

Clay Township covers an area of 42.0 square miles (108.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Rock Port (the county seat). It contains five cemeteries: Bush, Green Hill, Hunter, Millsap, and Smith.

The streams of Boney Branch, Turkey Creek, and Volger Branch run through this township.

The former settlement of Union City was located in the center-west of the township on the foot of the Loess Bluffs three-miles east of Phelps City. [6]

Transportation

Clay Township contains one airport, Luhrs Landing Strip.

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: Clay Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882. p. 630.
  5. ↑ "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)
  6. ↑ "History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. 1882". St. Joseph, National Historical Co. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
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