Smith Township, Worth County, Missouri

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Smith Township
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Coordinates: 40°30′39″N94°17′59″W / 40.510839°N 94.299843°W / 40.510839; -94.299843
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
County Worth
Area
[1]
  Total
108.8 km2 (41.99 sq mi)
  Land108.6 km2 (41.93 sq mi)
  Water0.2 km2 (0.06 sq mi)  0.14%
Elevation
[2]
313 m (1,027 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
139
  Density1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-22768348 [1]
GNIS feature ID767543 [2]

Smith Township is a township in Worth County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 139. [3] The town of Allendale lies in its south and the East Fork Grand River traverses from its northeast to southwest. It contains 42 sections.

Smith Township has the name of Freeman O. Smith, a pioneer citizen. [4] A post office named Hudson existed in the extreme northeast of this township. [5]

Township 66 and 67 North; Range 30 West of the 5th Principal Meridian 66-67N30W.jpg
Township 66 and 67 North; Range 30 West of the 5th Principal Meridian

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: Smith Township, Worth County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. "Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  5. Brothers, The Edward (1887). An illustrated historical atlas of Worth County, Missouri.