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Union Township, Holt County, Missouri
Township in Holt County, Missouri, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Union Township is a township in Holt County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 224.[3] It is the largest township in Holt County, being over 50 square miles. Craig, its only extant community, is located in the township's center.[4]
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History
Union Township was settled in the early 1840s, at Sharpe's Grove,[5] but its establishment date is unknown.[6]
Marietta was first settled circa 1844[5] and was established March 15, 1854,[7] was a community on the east bank of the Missouri River,[8] southwest of where Craig is today, near Lewsiville.[9] A post office named Rushbottom existed from 1850 to 1871.[10][11][12] Rush Bottoms Conservation Area is where the settlement used to be.[13] A schoolhouse named Marietta persisted until at least 1920.[14]
A hamlet called Tarkio, also known as Tarkeo[8][10] or Big Spring, was located in the northern portion of Union township, about 1.75 miles northwest of Craig, along the Big Tarkio Creek.[9][12] There was a post office named Tarkio from 1843 to 1869.[15]
The Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad was completed through this township in 1869.
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Geography
Union Township is the largest township in area in Holt County and the only one to touch its northern and western boundary. Two-thirds of its area is the Missouri River bottomlands, and the rest is the Loess Bluffs.[16]
Two of Holt County's largest streams flow north-south through the township, the Tarkio River and Little Tarkio Creek. Also, a couple named landforms are present in the northern bluffs of the township, Pigeon Ridge and Mill Hollow.[16]
There is a surprising density of highways for this rural township, including I-29, US 59, and Route 111, all of which cover the township quite evenly.[4]
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