Official Name: | Lincoln Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atchison |
Established Date: | 1871 |
Area Total Km2: | 214.66 |
Area Land Km2: | 214.63 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 378 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.8 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 313 |
Elevation Ft: | 1027 |
Coordinates: | 40.54°N -95.2986°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-42590[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766236 |
Lincoln Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 378.[3]
Lincoln Township was established in 1871, and named after Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.[4]
Lincoln Township covers an area of 214.7km2 and contains one incorporated settlement, Westboro. It contains three cemeteries: Center Grove, Long Branch, and Walden Grove.
The streams of Long Branch, Mill Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.