Templeton Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Templeton Township
Township
Map highlighting Templeton Township, Atchison County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 40°24′02″N95°36′29″W / 40.400519°N 95.6079762°W / 40.400519; -95.6079762
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Atchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
65.7 km2 (25.35 sq mi)
 • Land64.3 km2 (24.84 sq mi)
 • Water1.3 km2 (0.51 sq mi)  2.01%
Elevation
[2]
272 m (892 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
32
 • Density0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-00572646 [1]
GNIS feature ID766240 [2]

Templeton Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 32. [3]

Contents

Templeton Township was established in 1870, and named after John W. Templeton, a county official. [4]

Geography

Templeton Township covers an area of 25.3 square miles (65.6 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

Nishnabotna Lake is within this township. [5]

Evans Island [6] is a land feature along the Missouri River, in the western portion of the township, which begins south of the mouth of the Nishnabotna River and continues to a point north of Brownville, Nebraska. It is bounded on its east by the State Line Slough and comprises much of the Nishnabotna Conservation Area. [7]

Transportation

Templeton Township contains one airport, Rock Port 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: Templeton Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "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)
  5. ↑ "Nishnabotna Lake".
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Evans Island
  7. ↑ "Nishnabotna Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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