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Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri

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Clark Township
Township
Coordinates: 40°19′18″N 95°26′18″W / 40.3217133°N 95.4383012°W / 40.3217133; -95.4383012
Country United States
State Missouri
CountyAtchison
Area
[1]
 • Total
75.37 sq mi (195.2 km2)
 • Land75.05 sq mi (194.4 km2)
 • Water0.32 sq mi (0.83 km2)  0.42%
Elevation
[2]
994 ft (303 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
898
 • Density12/sq mi (4.6/km2)
FIPS code29-00513996[1]
GNIS feature ID766232[2]

Clark Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 898.[3]

History

Clark Township was established in 1845[4] and was one of the five original townships in Atchison County.[5] it was reduced to its present limits at the establishment of Dale Township in 1876.[6]

A ferry in the southwest of the township crossed the Missouri River to St. Deroin in Nebraska.

Geography

Milton Cemetery in south Clark Township at Milton

Clark Township covers an area of 75.37 square miles (195.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Fairfax. Two other former settlements were present: Milton and Nishnabotna

The streams of Cow Branch, Old Channel Nishnabotna River, and Rock Creek run through this township. It contains five cemeteries: Beck, English Grove, Milton, Mount Hope, and Pleasant Ridge.[7]

Deroin Bend Island, an island of the Missouri River, is partly located in the southwesternmost portion of the township but is mostly located in Lincoln Township, Holt County.[8]

Transportation

Clark Township contains one airport, Steele Airport.

Major highways

The following highways travel through the township:[9]

References

  1. "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri
  3. "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. "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)
  5. History of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri. St. Joseph, National Historical Co. 1882. p. 628.
  6. Moser, Arthur Paul (1980). "Moser's Directory of Atchison County, Missouri". Springfield-Greene County Library District. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  7. Gone But Not Forgotten: Directory of the Deceased, Atchison County, Missouri. Atchison County Historical Society, 1991. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  8. "Deroin Bend Conservation Area". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  9. "County Maps". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2026.