Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Tarkio Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,752.^[3]

Tarkio Township
Township
Coordinates: 40°26′59″N 095°23′13″W / 40.44972°N 95.38694°W / 40.44972; -95.38694
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Atchison
Area
• Total	124.14 km^2 (47.93 sq mi)
• Land	124.05 km^2 (47.90 sq mi)
• Water	0.09 km^2 (0.03 sq mi)  0.07%
Elevation ^[1]	302 m (991 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,752
• Density	14.1/km^2 (37/sq mi)
FIPS code	29-72358^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0766239

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 Middle Tarkio Creek and West Tarkio Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Tarkio Township contains one airport, Gould Peterson Municipal Airport.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Tarkio township, Atchison County, Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
4. . 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)

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

• City-Data.com