Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

Township in Nodaway County, Missouri, U.S.

Township in Missouri, United States

Green Township

Township

Building in Quitman

Coordinates: 40°21′19″N 95°05′28″W﻿ / ﻿40.3552756°N 95.0912316°W﻿ / 40.3552756; -95.0912316
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Nodaway
Erected| 1866
Area

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• Total

| 67.33 sq mi (174.4 km2)
• Land| 67.17 sq mi (174.0 km2)
• Water| 0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.24%
Elevation

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| 902 ft (275 m)
Population

(2020)[3]

• Total

| 246
• Density| 3.7/sq mi (1.4/km2)
FIPS code| 29-14729008[1]
GNIS feature ID| 767086[2]

Green Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 246.[3] It contains about 67 sections of land.[4] The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest.[4] All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.

## History

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Green Township was established on June 14, 1866,[4] and was named after Nathanael Greene, an American Revolutionary War general.[5]

## Geography

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Bowman Branch headwaters on the northern border of this township with Nodaway Township and travels southwesterly through this township and becomes a tributary of the Nodaway River just south of Quitman.

A small settlement in the northwest of the township was called Eudora; it was located northwest of Quitman and southwest of  Dawson.[6]

## References

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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: Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
3. ^ a b "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
4. ^ a b c "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.
6. ^ "Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Newton - Osage". National Archves Catalog. Retrieved May 20, 2025.

## External links

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* USGS Map of: Maryville West, MO. Archived from the original

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Municipalities and communities of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Maryville

Cities|

* Barnard
* Burlington Junction
* Clearmont
* Conception Junction
* Elmo
* Graham
* Hopkins
* Maryville
* Parnell
* Pickering
* Ravenwood
* Skidmore

Map of Missouri highlighting Nodaway County

Villages|

* Arkoe
* Clyde
* Guilford

Townships|

* Atchison
* Grant
* Green
* Hopkins
* Hughes
* Independence
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Lincoln
* Monroe
* Nodaway
* Polk
* Union
* Washington
* White Cloud

Unincorporated Communities|

* Conception
* Quitman
* Wilcox

Extinct Hamlets|

* Allison
* Bedison
* Bell Grove
* Dawsonville
* Fairview
* Gaynor
* Orrsburg
* Prairie Park
* Possum Walk
* Pumpkin Center
* Roseberry
* Sweet Home
* Xenia
* Whitecloud

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