Polk Township, Atchison County, Missouri
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Polk Township | |
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| Coordinates: 40°30′56″N 95°30′24″W / 40.5156464°N 95.5066993°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| County | Atchison |
| Area | |
• Total | 62.32 sq mi (161.4 km2) |
| • Land | 62.32 sq mi (161.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) 0.0% |
| Elevation | 994 ft (303 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 211 |
| • Density | 3.4/sq mi (1.3/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-00558700[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 766238[2] |
Polk Township is a township in Atchison County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 211.[3]
Polk Township was established in 1845 and was one of the five original townships in Atchison County.[4] It was named after President James K. Polk.[5] It was reduced in size to its present boundaries by 1871 due to portions of it being given to the following other Atchison County townships: Buchanan, Clay, Lincoln, and Tarkio.[6]
Geography
Polk Township covers an area of 62.32 square miles (161.4 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. The town, and former county seat, of Linden was located in its center.[7] It contains six cemeteries: Grange Hall, High Creek, Linden, Noblitt-Gibson, Steiner, and St. John's Lutheran.[8]
The streams of McElroy Creek, High Creek, West High Creek, and Hall Branch run through this township.
A settlement named Farmer's City was located in northeastern Polk Township at the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 66 North, Range 40 West.[6]
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