Templeton Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Templeton Township
Township
Thompson-Campell Farmstead at Langdon
Thompson-Campell Farmstead at Langdon
Coordinates: 40°24′02″N 95°36′29″W / 40.400519°N 95.6079762°W / 40.400519; -95.6079762
Country United States
State Missouri
CountyAtchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
25.35 sq mi (65.7 km2)
 • Land24.84 sq mi (64.3 km2)
 • Water0.51 sq mi (1.3 km2)  2.01%
Elevation
[2]
892 ft (272 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
32
 • Density1.3/sq mi (0.50/km2)
FIPS code29-00572646[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]

Templeton Township was established on February 22, 1870,[4] and named after John W. Templeton, a county official.[5]

Geography

Templeton Township covers an area of 25.35 square miles (65.7 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. There is an unincorporated community called Langdon in its southeast corner.[6]

Evans Island[7] 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.[8]

Transportation

Templeton Township contains one airport, Rock Port Municipal 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: Templeton Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ Moser, Arthur Paul (1980). "Moser's Directory of Atchison County, Missouri". Springfield-Greene County Library District. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  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. ↑ "Nemaha, NE - 1915". TopoView. USGS. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Evans Island
  8. ↑ "Nishnabotna Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "County Maps". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
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