McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri

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McCredie Township
Township
Map highlighting McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 39°00′06″N91°59′56″W / 39.00167°N 91.99889°W / 39.00167; -91.99889
Country United States
State Missouri
County Callaway
Area
 • Total39.35 sq mi (101.91 km2)
 • Land39.13 sq mi (101.34 km2)
 • Water0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)  0.57%
Elevation
[1]
869 ft (265 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total760
 • Density19/sq mi (7.5/km2)
FIPS code 29-44876 [2]
GNIS feature ID0766381 [1]

McCredie Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 760. [3]

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History

McCredie Township was created sometime between 1883 and 1897 from what was before then, generally speaking, the southern sector of a much larger historic Liberty Township, with some alterations of adjacent township boundaries. [4] [5]

McCredie was the name of a prominent local family. [6] The main town, long named McCredie, was fused into the incorporation of the village of Kingdom City in 1970. [7]

Geography

McCredie Township covers an area of 39.35 square miles (101.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Kingdom City, plus rural homes.

The streams of Allen Branch, Leeper Branch, McKinney Creek, Rocky Branch and Sallees Branch run through this township.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), McCredie township, Callaway County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society: Combined Stnndard Atlases of Callaway County 1876-1897-1919 Indexed. Mt Vernon IN: Windmill Publications, 1994.
  5. ↑ Missouri State Library. History of Callaway County, Missouri. St Louis: National Historical Company, 1884.
  6. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  268.
  7. ↑ "Kingdom City Page - Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society". Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018.


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