Guthrie Township, Callaway County, Missouri
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Guthrie Township | |
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| Coordinates: 38°46′03″N 092°07′18″W / 38.76750°N 92.12167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Callaway |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.7 sq mi (50.9 km2) |
| • Land | 19.61 sq mi (50.78 km2) |
| • Water | 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km2) 0.24% |
| Elevation | 761 ft (232 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 604 |
| • Density | 30.8/sq mi (11.9/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-29800[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0766378 |
This article is on the Guthrie Township. For information on the town of Guthrie, within the township, see Guthrie, Missouri.
Guthrie Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 604.[3]
Guthrie Township has the name of a local family.[4]
The town of Guthrie was established in 1872 as 'Bigbee' and then renamed 'Guthrie' in 1874.(See Missouri State Historical Society page on Callaway County place names.) The larger Guthrie Township surrounding the town of the same name was created sometime between 1883[5] and 1897[6] from what was before then approximately the southern one-third of Round Prairie Township (reduced in size thereafter), plus a narrow adjacent strip of northern Cedar Township. This is critical to determining exact locations in historical and genealogical research.
