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]
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]
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.