Clay Township, Andrew County, Missouri

Clay Township
Township
Antioch Christian Church in Clay Township
Antioch Christian Church in Clay Township
Coordinates: 40°05′30″N 94°58′01″W / 40.0917961°N 94.9668992°W / 40.0917961; -94.9668992
Country United States
State Missouri
CountyAndrew
Area
[1]
 • Total
45.33 sq mi (117.4 km2)
 • Land45.27 sq mi (117.2 km2)
 • Water0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)  0.13%
Elevation
[2]
938 ft (286 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
236
 • Density5.2/sq mi (2.0/km2)
FIPS code29-00314266[1]
GNIS feature ID766221[2]

Clay Township is a township in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 236.[3]

The township was named after Henry Clay, a Kentucky statesman.[4]

Geography

Clay Township covers an area of 45.35 square miles (117.5 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

The Nodaway River comrpises the western boundary of this township. The streams of Arapahoe Creek, Newland Creek, Owl Creek, and Pedlar Creek run through this township.

An extinct hamlet called Parker[5][6] or Lone Corner (also Long Corner),[4] was located along the west bank of Owl Creek in this township.[7] The settlement originates from a wagon road west from Bolckow that changed course here.[4] The post office here was named Parker because of a local merchant;[4] it was present from 1872 until 1902. In 1878, Long Corner was briefly the name of the post office.[8] There was a schoolhouse here named Parker[4] and or Lone Corner.[7]

Transportation

Clay Township contains one airport, Lazy W Farms Airport.

The following highways travel through the township:[9]

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: Clay Township, Andrew County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrew 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. ↑ Branom, Frederick K., ed. (1944). New International Atlas of the World: The Self Revising Atlas. Geographical Publishing Company.
  6. ↑ "An illustrated historical atlas of Andrew County, Missouri, 1877". Philadelphia, PA: Edwards Brothers of Missouri. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Maitland, MO - 1926". TopoView. USGS. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  9. ↑ "County Maps". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2026.


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