Atchison Township is a township in northwestern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It contains about 55 sections of land.[2] The town of Clearmont lies in its center.
Atchison Township was established in April 1845,[2] and named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atchison Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
- ^ a b "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.