Polk Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Polk Township
Township
Coordinates: 40°30′56″N 95°30′24″W / 40.5156464°N 95.5066993°W / 40.5156464; -95.5066993
Country United States
State Missouri
CountyAtchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
62.32 sq mi (161.4 km2)
 • Land62.32 sq mi (161.4 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)  0.0%
Elevation
[2]
994 ft (303 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
211
 • Density3.4/sq mi (1.3/km2)
FIPS code29-00558700[1]
GNIS feature ID766238[2]

Polk Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 211.[3]

History

Polk Township was established in 1845 and was one of the five original townships in Atchison County.[4] It was named after President James K. Polk.[5] It was reduced in size to its present boundaries by 1871 due to portions of it being given to the following other Atchison County townships: Buchanan, Clay, Lincoln, and Tarkio.[6]

Geography

Polk Township covers an area of 62.32 square miles (161.4 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. The town, and former county seat, of Linden was located in its center.[7] It contains six cemeteries: Grange Hall, High Creek, Linden, Noblitt-Gibson, Steiner, and St. John's Lutheran.[8]

The streams of McElroy Creek, High Creek, West High Creek, and Hall Branch run through this township.

A settlement named Farmer's City was located in northeastern Polk Township at the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 66 North, Range 40 West.[6]

Transportation

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: Polk Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882. p. 628.
  5. ↑ "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)
  6. 1 2 Moser, Arthur Paul (1980). "Moser's Directory of Atchison County, Missouri". Springfield-Greene County Library District. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ "History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. 1882". St. Joseph, National Historical Co. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ Gone But Not Forgotten: Directory of the Deceased, Atchison County, Missouri. Atchison County Historical Society, 1991. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  9. ↑ "County Maps". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
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