Polk Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Polk 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 = 160.88
area_land_km2 = 160.88
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 62.12
area_land_sq_mi = 62.12
area_water_sq_mi = 0
area_water_percent = 0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 282
population_density_km2 = 1.8
population_density_sq_mi = 4.5

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 303
elevation_ft = 994
latd = 40
latm = 31
lats = 16
latNS = N
longd = 095
longm = 30
longs = 38
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-58700GR|2
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Polk Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 282.

Geography

Polk Township covers an area of 62.12 square miles and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains five cemeteries: High Creek Linden St. John's Lutheran Grange Hall and Steiner.

The stream of McElroy Creek runs through this township.

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)] The streams of High Creek, West High Creek, and Hall Branch also run through this township

External links

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