Liberty Township, Callaway County, Missouri

Liberty Township
Township
Coordinates: 39°01′25″N 091°58′47″W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Callaway
Area
• Total	38.45 sq mi (99.58 km^2)
• Land	38.3 sq mi (99.2 km^2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.38 km^2)  0.38%
Elevation [1]	915 ft (279 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	840
• Density	22/sq mi (8.4/km^2)
FIPS code	29-41996[2]

Liberty Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 840.^[3]

Geography

Liberty Township today covers an area of 38.45 square miles (99.6 km²), and while containing no incorporated towns, does include the unincorporated settlements of Hatton and Concord. The township includes one cemetery, named Concord, plus the streams of Fourmile Branch and Leeper Branch which are tributaries of Auxvasse Creek to the south.^[4]

History

Prior to the December 25, 1875 creation of Jackson Township, Liberty Township was much larger, and included the city of Auxvasse and the settlement of McCredie. This is significant for historical and genealogical research.

The map on the 2nd page of the atlas published in 1876 still shows the much larger Liberty Township boundaries, which had just been changed at the end of 1875.^[5] Whereas the map from 1930 shows a smaller Liberty Township, which appears to approximate today's boundaries.^[6]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Liberty Township, Callaway County, Missouri
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Liberty township, Callaway County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 38, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
5. Map 6022
6. Map 656

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com