St. Aubert Township, Callaway County, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Saint Aubert 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 Km2:148.55
Area Land Km2:146.71
Area Water Km2:1.84
Area Total Sq Mi:57.36
Area Land Sq Mi:56.65
Area Water Sq Mi:0.71
Area Water Percent:1.24
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:1969
Population Density Km2:auto
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:221
Elevation Ft:725
Coordinates:38.7253°N -91.8969°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-64010[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0766384

Saint Aubert Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,969.[3]

St. Aubert is an old variant name of Mokane, Missouri.[4]

Geography

Saint Aubert Township covers an area of 57.36sqmi and contains the incorporated settlement named Mokane, as well as the unincorporated settlement of Hams Prairie, plus other rural homes.

History

The exact founding date of St Aubert Township is still to be determined by detailed local historical records, but it can be broadly estimated from historical publications. The township shows as extant on the 1876 official map of Callaway County,[5] and its largest town (formerly called Smith's Landing, and now called Mokane) took on the name Saint Aubert around 1849, which may or may not be relevant to the formation of the township from what was the southern sector of Fulton Township (now East Fulton Township) immediately prior to its formation, and briefly part of Cote Sans Dessein Township during early 1821, near the time of Missouri statehood.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  3. Web site: Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), St. Aubert township, Callaway County, Missouri. United States Census Bureau. October 31, 2011.
  4. Web site: Callaway County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 7 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071020/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_callaway.html. 24 June 2016.
  5. Book: Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society. Combined Atlases of Callaway County Missouri 1876-1897-1919, Indexed. Windmill Publications, Inc. 1994. Mt Vernon IN.
  6. Book: Missouri State Library. History of Callaway County, Missouri. National Historical Company. 1884. St Louis MO.