Atchison Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

Atchison Township
Township
Hickory Grove Schoolhouse originally east of Clearmont, now removed to Maryville
Hickory Grove Schoolhouse originally east of Clearmont, now removed to Maryville
Coordinates: 40°31′38″N 94°58′33″W / 40.5273564°N 94.9758448°W / 40.5273564; -94.9758448
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyNodaway
Erected1845
Area
[1]
 • Total
55.62 sq mi (144.1 km2)
 • Land55.53 sq mi (143.8 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2)  0.16%
Elevation
[2]
1,112 ft (339 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
386
 • Density7/sq mi (2.7/km2)
FIPS code29-14702350[1]
GNIS feature ID767084[2]

Atchison Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 386.[3] The town of Clearmont lies in its southwest.

History

Atchison Township was established in April 1845, and named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.[4]

Geography

Sink Creek sources from the center of this township and flows westerly, passes north of Clearmont, and deposits in the Nodaway River.

Settlements

Alonzo City was a settlement platted in 1857 by Alonzo Thompson[5] in the northern portion of this township[6] that existed in the 1860s, northeast of Clearmont near the Iowa border.[7]

Transportation

The following highways travel through the township:[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atchison Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ The history of Nodaway county, Missouri. St. Joseph, Mo., National historical co., 1882. p. 154.
  6. ↑ Cram, George Franklin. "New Rail Road & township map of Missouri and Kansas, 1869". David Rumsey Map Collection. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  7. ↑ Cooper, Martha L. "Towns, Post Offices, and Sites in Nodaway County". The Civil War and Nodaway County, Volume I and Volume II. ISBN 9780788495960.
  8. ↑ "County Maps". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
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