Clay Township, Atchison County, Missouri
Clay Township | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 40°23′21″N 95°31′44″W / 40.3891576°N 95.528917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Atchison |
| Area | |
• Total | 108.9 km2 (42.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 108.8 km2 (42.01 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.05 km2 (0.02 sq mi) 0.05% |
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,710 |
| • Density | 15.7/km2 (40.7/sq mi) |
| FIPS code | 29-00514284[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 766233[2] |
Clay Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 1710.[3]
Clay Township was organized in 1856, and named after Henry Clay of Kentucky.[4]
Geography
Clay Township covers an area of 42.0 square miles (108.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Rock Port (the county seat). It contains five cemeteries: Bush, Green Hill, Hunter, Millsap and Smith.
The streams of Boney Branch, Turkey Creek and Volger Branch run through this township.
Transportation
Clay Township contains one airport, Luhrs Landing Strip.
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: Clay 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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