Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri


Tarkio Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,752.
Tarkio Township was organized in 1845, and named after the nearby Tarkio River.

Geography

Tarkio Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Tarkio. It contains one cemetery, Home.
The streams of Middle Tarkio Creek and West Tarkio Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Tarkio Township contains one airport, Gould Peterson Municipal Airport.