Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Tarkio Township
Township
Map highlighting Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 40°26′14″N95°23′13″W / 40.4372808°N 95.3868993°W / 40.4372808; -95.3868993
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Atchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
47.92 sq mi (124.1 km2)
 • Land47.89 sq mi (124.0 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.078 km2)  0.06%
Elevation
[2]
994 ft (303 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
1,637
 • Density34.2/sq mi (13.2/km2)
FIPS code 29-00572358 [1]
GNIS feature ID766239 [2]

Tarkio Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 1637. [3]

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Tarkio Township was organized in 1845 and was one of the five original townships in Atchison County. [4] It was named after the nearby Tarkio River. [5]

Geography

Tarkio Township covers an area of 47.9 square miles (124.1 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Tarkio. It contains one cemetery, Home.

The streams of Cow Branch, Middle Tarkio Creek, and West Tarkio Creek run through this township.

Center Point [6] (or Centre Point) [7] is an extinct hamlet in northeast Tarkio Township. [8] A post office called Center Point was established in 1875, and remained in operation until 1880. [9]

Transportation

Tarkio Township contains one airport, Gould Peterson Municipal Airport.

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: Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882. p. 628.
  5. ↑ "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)
  6. ↑ "Geological Map of the State of Missouri". USGS. 1892.
  7. ↑ "History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. 1882". St. Joseph, National Historical Co. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  8. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  9. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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