Townships in Missouri

Missouri has 1,393 townships with a page here, in 114 counties. Each page shows its county, people, land area, map and neighbors.

Largest townships

  1. Kaw Township, Jackson County179,621 people
  2. Springfield Township, Greene County169,926 people
  3. Blue Township, Jackson County166,381 people
  4. Prairie Township, Jackson County114,385 people
  5. Sni-A-Bar Township, Jackson County91,968 people
  6. Brooking Township, Jackson County78,704 people
  7. Gallatin Township, Clay County73,589 people
  8. Columbia Township, Boone County73,473 people
  9. Washington Township, Buchanan County73,309 people
  10. Washington Township, Jackson County73,030 people
  11. Liberty Township, Clay County67,893 people
  12. Chouteau Township, Clay County65,127 people

People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

By county

CountyHow manyLargest
Adair County10Benton Township19,525 people
Andrew County10Nodaway Township6,505 people
Atchison County11Clay Township1,886 people
Audrain County8Salt River Township9,426 people
Barry County25Monett Township6,954 people
Barton County15City Township4,284 people
Bates County24Mount Pleasant Township5,012 people
Benton County9Williams Township3,318 people
Bollinger County8Lorance Township4,071 people
Boone County10Columbia Township73,473 people
Buchanan County12Washington Township73,309 people
Butler County10Poplar Bluff Township25,949 people
Caldwell County12Hamilton Township2,107 people
Callaway County18East Fulton Township9,536 people
Camden County11Pawhuska Township7,716 people
Cape Girardeau County10Cape Girardeau Township42,181 people
Carroll County19Carrollton Township3,818 people
Carter County5Johnson Township2,501 people
Cass County18Raymore Township33,666 people
Cedar County7Box Township6,144 people
Chariton County15Salisbury Township2,475 people
Christian County26Northview Township10,873 people
Clark County13Lincoln Township2,513 people
Clay County7Gallatin Township73,589 people
Clinton County9Shoal Township6,522 people
Cole County6Jefferson Township55,073 people
Cooper County14Boonville Township9,308 people
Crawford County9Boone Township5,968 people
Dade County16Center Township1,927 people
Dallas County11North Benton Township3,784 people
Daviess County15Union Township1,988 people
DeKalb County9Grand River Township4,230 people
Dent County13Spring Creek West Township4,505 people
Douglas County23Benton Township3,839 people
Dunklin County8Independence Township11,960 people
Franklin County12Union Township20,334 people
Gasconade County9Canaan Township5,159 people
Gentry County8Athens Township2,232 people
Greene County40Springfield Township169,926 people
Grundy County13Trenton Township5,988 people
Harrison County20Bethany Township3,312 people
Henry County19Clinton Township8,881 people
Hickory County10Green Township2,020 people
Holt County12Benton Township1,257 people
Howard County8Richmond Township3,773 people
Howell County12Howell Township20,390 people
Iron County6Arcadia Township5,075 people
Jackson County8Kaw Township179,621 people
Jasper County15Joplin Township46,503 people
Jefferson County12Rock Township34,422 people
Johnson County15Warrensburg Township23,560 people
Knox County13Center Township1,250 people
Laclede County11Lebanon Township19,372 people
Lafayette County8Sni-A-Bar Township7,852 people
Lawrence County14Aurora Township9,476 people
Lewis County8Canton Township3,725 people
Lincoln County12Clark Township15,281 people
Linn County14Brookfield Township4,706 people
Livingston County13Chillicothe Township9,142 people
Macon County24Hudson Township6,456 people
Madison County10St. Michael Township7,721 people
Maries County7Jefferson Township2,568 people
Marion County8Mason Township12,342 people
McDonald County19Elk River West Township2,459 people
Mercer County9Morgan Township1,550 people
Miller County7Saline Township8,578 people
Mississippi County7St. James Township5,333 people
Moniteau County7Walker Township7,051 people
Monroe County10Monroe Township2,559 people
Montgomery County6Montgomery Township3,496 people
Morgan County6Osage Township6,270 people
New Madrid County11Big Prairie Township3,359 people
Newton County14Neosho Township18,012 people
Nodaway County15Polk Township13,968 people
Oregon County18Thayer Township3,748 people
Osage County6Crawford Township4,219 people
Ozark County18West Bridges Township1,200 people
Pemiscot County12Little Prairie Township6,130 people
Perry County8Central Township10,891 people
Pettis County17Sedalia Township26,084 people
Phelps County10Rolla Township17,164 people
Pike County10Cuivre Township6,581 people
Platte County14May Township30,334 people
Polk County22Northeast Marion Township4,719 people
Pulaski County6Cullen Township41,906 people
Putnam County11Union Township2,571 people
Ralls County7Clay Township2,466 people
Randolph County12South Sugar Creek Township7,711 people
Ray County8Richmond Township8,403 people
Reynolds County6Logan Township2,676 people
Ripley County16Doniphan Township4,917 people
Saline County11Marshall Township14,893 people
Schuyler County7Liberty Township986 people
Scotland County10Jefferson Township2,546 people
Scott County9Richland Township16,623 people
Shannon County10Winona Township1,964 people
Shelby County10Salt River Township2,086 people
St. Charles County14Boone Township63,853 people
St. Clair County16Osceola Township1,923 people
St. Francois County8St. Francois Township32,395 people
St. Louis County28Chesterfield Township43,607 people
Ste. Genevieve County5Ste. Genevieve Township9,749 people
Stoddard County7Liberty Township14,846 people
Stone County21Ruth A Township4,956 people
Sullivan County12Polk Township2,724 people
Taney County8Branson Township21,818 people
Texas County17Sherrill Township5,408 people
Vernon County20Center Township9,372 people
Warren County7Hickory Grove Township11,639 people
Washington County11Breton Township10,223 people
Wayne County10Benton Township4,183 people
Webster County15Benton Township5,983 people
Worth County6Fletchall Township1,170 people
Wright County12Mountain Grove Township5,764 people

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