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Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it was detached from Holt County in 1843. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and named for U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri.
Watson is a village in Nishnabotna Township, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 61 at the 2020 census. It is the westernmost settlement in the state of Missouri, about 120 miles northwest of Kansas City. The town is West of most of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River. The east and west branches are each about 120 miles (190 km) long; from their confluence the Nishnabotna flows approximately another 16 miles (26 km).
Langdon is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. It is located about six miles southwest of Rock Port. Its post office has closed and mail is now delivered through Fairfax.
Clark Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 895.
Nishnabotna Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 155.
Templeton Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 79.
The Tarkio River is a non-navigable river that stretches for approximately 140 miles (225 km) from Cass County, Iowa to its mouth on the Missouri River in Holt County, Missouri.
Cow Branch is a stream in Atchison County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Dotham is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Excelsior is an extinct town in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place, but the precise location of the town site is unknown.
Linden is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
McElroy Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Iowa and Missouri. It is a tributary of High Creek.
Milton is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Oswald is an extinct town in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Rock Creek is a stream in Fremont County, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri in the United States. It is a tributary of the Missouri River.
Sonora is an extinct town in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
York is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Winthrop is an unincorporated community in southwest Buchanan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is just east of the Missouri River and Atchison, Kansas on US Route 59 and Missouri routes 45 and 273. Rushville is approximately 4.5 miles northeast on US Route 59 and Lewis and Clark Village adjacent to the Louis and Clark State Park and lake is 3.5 miles southeast.
Sentinel is an unincorporated community in northern Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nishnabotna, Missouri
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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