Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
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Green Township | |
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 Building in Quitman | |
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| Coordinates: 40°21′19″N 95°05′28″W / 40.3552756°N 95.0912316°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Nodaway |
| Erected | 1866 |
| Area | |
• Total | 67.33 sq mi (174.4 km2) |
| • Land | 67.17 sq mi (174.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) 0.24% |
| Elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 246 |
| • Density | 3.7/sq mi (1.4/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-14729008[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 767086[2] |
Green Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 246.[3] It contains about 67 sections of land.[4] The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest.[4] All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.
Green Township was established on June 14, 1866,[4] and was named after Nathanael Greene, an American Revolutionary War general.[5]
Geography
Bowman Branch headwaters on the northern border of this township with Nodaway Township and travels southwesterly through this township and becomes a tributary of the Nodaway River just south of Quitman.
A small settlement in the northwest of the township was called Eudora; it was located northwest of Quitman and southwest of Dawson.[6]
