Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri
Tarkio Township | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 40°26′14″N 95°23′13″W / 40.4372808°N 95.3868993°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Atchison |
| Area | |
• Total | 124.1 km2 (47.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 124.0 km2 (47.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi) 0.06% |
| Elevation | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,637 |
| • Density | 13.2/km2 (34.2/sq mi) |
| FIPS code | 29-00572358[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 766239[2] |
Tarkio Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 1637.[3]
Tarkio Township was organized in 1845, and named after the nearby Tarkio River.[4]
Geography
Tarkio Township covers an area of 47.9 square miles (124.1 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Tarkio. It contains one cemetery, Home.
The streams of Cow Branch, Middle Tarkio Creek, and West Tarkio Creek run through this township.
Transportation
Tarkio Township contains one airport, Gould Peterson Municipal 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: Tarkio 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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