Fox Creek Township, Harrison County, Missouri

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Fox Creek Township
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Coordinates: 40°14′32″N93°49′40″W / 40.2423492°N 93.8277514°W / 40.2423492; -93.8277514
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
County Harrison
Area
[1]
  Total
94.9 km2 (36.65 sq mi)
  Land95 km2 (36.5 sq mi)
  Water0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi)  0.41%
Elevation
[2]
282 m (925 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
111
  Density1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-08125455 [1]
GNIS feature ID766720 [2]

Fox Creek Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 111. [3]

Fox Creek Township was created due to a county-wide November 1872 election, which would subdivide the county into 20 municipal townships corresponding with the county's 20 congressional townships. [4] It takes its name from Fox Creek. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United State Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox Creek Township, Harrison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. Wanamaker, George W. "History of Harrison County, Missouri". Topeka, Indianapolis : Historical Pub. Co., 1921. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  5. "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)