Lincoln Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

Lincoln Township
Township
Possum Walk Hotel located in eastern Lincoln Township
Possum Walk Hotel located in eastern Lincoln Township
Coordinates: 40°30′28″N 95°08′10″W / 40.5077489°N 95.1361298°W / 40.5077489; -95.1361298
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyNodaway
Erected1866
Area
[1]
 • Total
66.03 sq mi (171.0 km2)
 • Land65.96 sq mi (170.8 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.11%
Elevation
[2]
981 ft (299 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
323
 • Density4.9/sq mi (1.9/km2)
FIPS code29-14742824[1]
GNIS feature ID767092[2]

Lincoln Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 323.[3] It contains about 68 sections.[4] It's bounded on the east by the Nodaway River and contains one town, Elmo which lies in the center. Dawsonville was a hamlet that existed in its southeast 2.5 miles northwest of Burlington Junction.[4]

Lincoln Township was erected on June 14, 1866, when it was divided from Atchison Township,[4] and named after President Abraham Lincoln.[5] Lamar Station was platted in 1871 to be between Elmo and Clearmont but when the railroad route changed the plan decayed and some buildings were moved to other nearby towns.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
  3. ^ a b "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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