Lincoln Township is one of ten
townships
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, C ...
in
Andrew County,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 1,184.
Lincoln Township was named after John Lincoln, a member of the
Lincoln family
The Lincoln family is an American family of English origins. It includes the fourth United States Attorney General, Levi Lincoln, Sr., senators Levi Lincoln, Jr. and Enoch Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United Stat ...
who settled the area.
Geography
Lincoln Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated municipality,
Amazonia. It contains three cemeteries: Greenwick, Hackberry, and Old Union.
The streams of Caples Creek, Hopkins Creek, Mill Creek, and the Nodaway River run through this township.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Andrew County, Missouri
Townships in Missouri
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