Tarkio Township, Page County, Iowa

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Tarkio Township is a township in Page County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

Tarkio Township (Township 69, Range 38) was surveyed in September 1851 by Thomas D. Evans [2] and was established in 1858. [3] A small hamlet named Tarkio City once existed in the southern portion of the township near the mouth of the East Tarkio River. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarkio Township, Page County, Iowa
  2. ↑ History of Page County. Des Moines: Iowa Historical Co. 1880.
  3. ↑ Kershaw, W. L. (1909). History of Page County, Iowa: Also Biographical Sketches of Some Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore. "Illustrated historical atlas of the state of Iowa, 1875". Iowa Digital Library. S. Augustus Mitchell 1860. Retrieved August 5, 2025.

40°46′16″N95°12′50″W / 40.771°N 95.214°W / 40.771; -95.214

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