Elk Township is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of

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. Elk Township was erected in 1868, taking its name from Elk Creek.

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