McCredie Township, Callaway County, Missouri


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

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

Geography

McCredie Township covers an area of 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.