Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tarkio Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Missouri
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Atchison
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area_total_km2 = 124.58
area_land_km2 = 124.49
area_water_km2 = 0.09
area_total_sq_mi = 48.1
area_land_sq_mi = 48.07
area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
area_water_percent = 0.07

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2165
population_density_km2 = 17.4
population_density_sq_mi = 45

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 302
elevation_ft = 991
latd = 40
latm = 26
lats = 59
latNS = N
longd = 095
longm = 23
longs = 13
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-72358GR|2
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Tarkio Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,165.

Geography

Tarkio Township covers an area of 48.1 square miles 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

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/missouri.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Tarkio-Atchison-MO.html City-Data.com]