Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri
Clark Township | |
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| Coordinates: 40°19′18″N 95°26′18″W / 40.3217133°N 95.4383012°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| County | Atchison |
| Area | |
• Total | 195.2 km2 (75.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 194.4 km2 (75.05 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.8 km2 (0.32 sq mi) 0.42% |
| Elevation | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 898 |
| • Density | 4.6/km2 (12.0/sq mi) |
| FIPS code | 29-00513996[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 766232[2] |
Clark Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 898.[3]
Clark Township was established in 1845.[4]
Geography
[edit]Clark Township covers an area of 75.4 square miles (195.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Fairfax. It contains five cemeteries: Beck, Corning, Mount Hope, Pleasant Ridge and Pleasant Ridge.
The streams of Cow Branch, Old Channel Nishnabotna River and Rock Creek run through this township.
Transportation
[edit]Clark Township contains one airport, Steele Airport.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri
- ^ a b "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ "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.
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