Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri
Clark Township | |
|---|---|
| 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
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
Clark Township contains one airport, Steele Airport.
References
- ^ 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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