Official Name: | Jefferson Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Andrew |
Area Total Km2: | 84.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 83.75 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.75 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.88 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 4646 |
Population Density Km2: | 55.5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 272 |
Elevation Ft: | 892 |
Coordinates: | 39.8856°N -94.7867°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-36710[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766224 |
Jefferson Township is one of ten townships in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,646.[3]
Jefferson Township was established in 1846, and named after Thomas Jefferson.[4]
Jefferson Township covers an area of 32.81sqmi and contains one incorporated settlement, Country Club. It shares part of its southern border with the city of St. Joseph in neighboring Buchanan County. The township contains four cemeteries: Fairview, Green, Ladd and Vanschoiack.
The streams of Crowley Creek, Dillon Creek and Mace Creek run through this township.