Nodaway Township is a township in southeastern Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is approximately 25 square miles. [2]
Nodaway Township was erected in 1841 and was one of the two original divisions of Holt County. The township was reduced in size to its present limits by the organization of Hickory Township on June 17th, 1874. [2] Its name comes from the Nodaway River. [3]
Holt County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,223. Its county seat is Oregon. The county was organized February 15, 1841. Originally named Nodaway County, it was soon renamed for David Rice Holt (1803–1840), a Missouri state legislator from Platte County.
New Point is an unincorporated community in eastern Holt County, Missouri, United States.
Arapahoe Creek is a stream in Andrew and Nodaway counties of northwest Missouri. It is a tributary to the Nodaway River.
Highly Creek is a stream in Holt County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Nodaway River.
Bigelow Township is a township in western Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is around 30 square miles.
Clay Township is a township in northeastern Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains 46 square miles.
Atchison Township is a township in northwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 55 sections of land. The town of Clearmont lies in its center.
Grant Township is a township in southern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. 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. The town of Barnard lies in its southwest, and the extinct hamlet of Prairie Park was situated south of Barnard.
Hopkins Township is a township in northern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains 40 sections of land. The One Hundred and Two River flows through the township and its three branches meet in the northern stretches of the township.
Hughes Township is a township in southwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It comprises about 62 sections of land. Graham is its lone town which lies about two miles east of the Nodaway River.
Jackson Township is a township in eastern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. 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.
Jefferson Township is a township in eastern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 48 sections. The township has three communities: Clyde, Conception, and Conception Junction which comprise the Tri-C Area.
Lincoln Township is a township in northwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 68 sections. It's bounded on the east by the Nodaway River and contains one town, Elmo which lies in the center. Dawsonville was a hamlet that existed in its southeast 2.5 miles northwest of Burlington Junction.
Monroe Township is a township in western Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It comprises 44 sections of land. The city of Skidmore, which lies in its center, is the only settlement in the township.
Nodaway Township is a township in northwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains 46 sections of land and is bounded on the west by the Nodaway River. The town of Burlington Junction is located west of center in the township and Wilcox lies in its southeast.
Polk Township is a township in central Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is by far the largest township in land area containing 121 sections.. It is also the most populated township. containing the county seat Maryville in its center. Two other platted towns exist in the township, Wilcox and Bedison, the former being a Census-designated place and the latter being an extinct community.
White Cloud Township is a township in southern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains 53 sections. Arkoe, the only community in the township, is its northeast just west of the One Hundred and Two River. The extinct communities of Whitecloud and Pumpkin Center both were in the center of the township.
Green Township is a township in western Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 67 sections of land. The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest. All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.
Washington Township is a township in southeastern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 47 sections. Guilford, its only remaining community, lies west of center one mile east of the Platte River, and New Guilford once existed west of Guilford but by the early 1900s the two communities were not distinguished.
Hickory Township is a township in eastern Holt County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains a little more than 40 square miles.
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