Grant Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

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Grant Township
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Coordinates: 40°11′33″N94°47′26″W / 40.1924176°N 94.7906818°W / 40.1924176; -94.7906818
Country United States
State Missouri
County Nodaway
Erected1871
Area
[1]
  Total
46.47 sq mi (120.4 km2)
  Land46.44 sq mi (120.3 km2)
  Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.06%
Elevation
[2]
1,056 ft (322 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
529
  Density11.4/sq mi (4.4/km2)
FIPS code 29-14728504 [1]
GNIS feature ID767085 [2]

Grant Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 529. [3] Grant Township was one of the later civil townships formed in the county, being created from part of White Cloud and Washington townships. It contains about 47 sections of land. [4] The town of Barnard lies in its southwest, and the extinct hamlet of Prairie Park was situated south of Barnard.

Grant Township has the name of General Ulysses S. Grant. [5]

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: Grant Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  5. "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.