Wilson Township, Audrain County, Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

39°11′22″N 092°01′57″W / 39.18944°N 92.03250°W / 39.18944; -92.03250CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyAudrainArea

• Total136.71 sq mi (354.09 km²) • Land135.93 sq mi (352.07 km²) • Water0.78 sq mi (2.03 km²) 0.57%Elevation

^[1]

820 ft (250 m)Population

(2010)

• Total1,633 • Density12/sq mi (4.6/km²)FIPS code29-80152^[2]GNIS feature ID0766248

Wilson Township is one of eight townships in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,633.^[3]

History

Wilson Township was established in 1837.^[4] The township has the name of Daniel Wilson, a pioneer settler.^[5]

Wilson Township covers an area of 136.7 square miles (354.1 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains one cemetery, Skull Lick.

The streams of Big Branch, Goodwater Creek, Hitt Branch, Mayes Branch and Possum Walk Creek run through this township.

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wilson township, Audrain County, Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
^ "Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 204.