Jackson Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

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Jackson Township
Township
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Jackson Township Fire Station in Ravenwood
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Coordinates: 40°22′29″N94°40′40″W / 40.3746812°N 94.6779053°W / 40.3746812; -94.6779053
Country United States
State Missouri
County Nodaway
Erected1866
Area
[1]
 • Total
193.5 km2 (74.73 sq mi)
 • Land193.5 km2 (74.72 sq mi)
 • Water0.026 km2 (0.01 sq mi)  0.01%
Elevation
[2]
305 m (1,001 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
987
 • Density5.1/km2 (13.2/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-14735954 [1]
GNIS feature ID767090 [2]

Jackson Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 987. [3] It contains about 70 sections. The town of Ravenwood is in its center. Two hamlets, Orrsburg and Sweet Home, once existed in the northwest and east, respectively. [4]

Jackson Township was erected in 1866, and named after President Andrew Jackson. [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: Jackson 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 31, 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.
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