McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri explained

Official Name:McCredie Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Callaway
Area Total Km2:101.91
Area Land Km2:101.34
Area Water Km2:0.58
Area Total Sq Mi:39.35
Area Land Sq Mi:39.13
Area Water Sq Mi:0.22
Area Water Percent:0.57
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:760
Population Density Km2:auto
Elevation Ft:869
Coordinates:39.0017°N -91.9989°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-44876[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0766381

McCredie Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 760.[2]

History

McCredie Township was created sometime between 1883 and 1897 from what was before then, generally speaking, the southern sector of a much larger historic Liberty Township, with some alterations of adjacent township boundaries.[3] [4]

McCredie was the name of a prominent local family.[5] The main town, long named McCredie, was fused into the incorporation of the village of Kingdom City in 1970.[6]

Geography

McCredie Township covers an area of 39.35sqmi and contains one incorporated settlement, Kingdom City, plus rural homes.

The streams of Allen Branch, Leeper Branch, McKinney Creek, Rocky Branch and Sallees Branch run through this township.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  2. Web site: Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), McCredie township, Callaway County, Missouri . . October 31, 2011 .
  3. Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society: Combined Stnndard Atlases of Callaway County 1876-1897-1919 Indexed. Mt Vernon IN: Windmill Publications, 1994.
  4. Missouri State Library. History of Callaway County, Missouri. St Louis: National Historical Company, 1884.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 268.
  6. Web site: Kingdom City Page - Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society . 2018-10-17 . 2017-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030001812/http://www.kchsoc.org/kingdomcity.html . dead .