Nishnabotna Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Nishnabotna Township
—  Township  —
Coordinates: 40°29′31″N 095°37′26″W / 40.49194°N 95.62389°W / 40.49194; -95.62389Coordinates: 40°29′31″N 095°37′26″W / 40.49194°N 95.62389°W / 40.49194; -95.62389
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Atchison
Area
- Total	26.78 sq mi (69.36 km2)
- Land	26.41 sq mi (68.41 km2)
- Water	0.37 sq mi (0.95 km2)  1.37%
Elevation[1]	899 ft (274 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	193
- Density	7.3/sq mi (2.8/km2)
FIPS code	29-52598[2]
GNIS feature ID	0766237

Nishnabotna Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 193.

Geography

Nishnabotna Township covers an area of 26.78 square miles (69.4 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Watson. It contains two cemeteries: Addington and Sonora. The Nishnabotna River enters the Missouri River in the northwest corner of the Township. There is little physical relief, as the Township lies almost entirely on the floodplains of the two rivers. The stream of High Creek runs through this township. Agriculture is the dominant land use.

Transportation

Nishnabotna Township contains one airport, Garst Airport.

Literary notoriety

Nishnabotna Township is probably best known outside the immediate region for a reference by the New Yorker cartoonist George Booth (cartoonist), a native of Missouri. In a single-panel cartoon, one threadbare and addled character says to another as they cross a crowded street in New York City: "Mother always says that. Mother always says you have to be a little bit crazy to live in New York. Mother is a little bit crazy, but she doesn't live in New York. Mother lives in Nishnabotna, Missouri."

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com