Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Clark Township
Township
Coordinates: 40°20′00″N 095°24′31″W / 40.33333°N 95.40861°WCoordinates: 40°20′00″N 095°24′31″W / 40.33333°N 95.40861°W
Country United States
State Missouri
County Atchison
Area
  Total 75.37 sq mi (195.21 km2)
  Land 75.05 sq mi (194.38 km2)
  Water 0.32 sq mi (0.83 km2)  0.43%
Elevation[1] 906 ft (276 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 895
  Density 12/sq mi (4.6/km2)
FIPS code 29-13996[2]
GNIS feature ID 0766232

Clark Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 895.[3]

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.

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