Rush Township, Buchanan County, Missouri

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Rush Township
Township
Map highlighting Rush Township, Buchanan County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 39°33′51″N95°03′39″W / 39.5642745°N 95.0607628°W / 39.5642745; -95.0607628
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Buchanan
Area
[1]
 • Total
71.8 km2 (27.71 sq mi)
 • Land68.3 km2 (26.36 sq mi)
 • Water3.5 km2 (1.35 sq mi)  4.87%
Elevation
[2]
241 m (791 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
710
 • Density10.4/km2 (26.9/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-02163542 [1]
GNIS feature ID766344 [2]

Rush Township is a township in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 710. [3]

Contents

Rush Township was established in the 1840s. [4]

Geography

Rush Township covers an area of 27.64 square miles (71.6 km2) and contains two incorporated settlements: Lewis and Clark Village and Rushville. It contains four cemeteries: Armstrong, Gore, Hudspeth and Sugar Creek.

Lewis and Clark Lake and Mud Lake are within this township. The streams of Goose Creek, Horseshoe Slough, Little Sugar Creek and Lost Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Rush Township contains one airport or landing strip, East Atchison Airport (historical).

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: Rush Township, Buchanan County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Buchanan County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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