Salem Township, Daviess County, Missouri

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Salem Township
Township
SalemTownshipDaviessCountyMO.png
Coordinates: 40°05′43″N94°02′21″W / 40.0952366°N 94.0391561°W / 40.0952366; -94.0391561
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Daviess
Area
[1]
 • Total
36.39 sq mi (94.2 km2)
 • Land36.14 sq mi (93.6 km2)
 • Water0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2)  0.69%
Elevation
[2]
860 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
440
 • Density12.2/sq mi (4.7/km2)
FIPS code 29-06165198 [1]
GNIS feature ID766587 [2]

Salem Township is a township in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 440. [3]

Salem Township was established in 1859. [4] The town of Coffey was originally settled in 1856 and called Salem. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. United State Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem Township, Daviess County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Daviess County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 461.
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