Salt River Township is one of eight
townships in
Audrain County,
Missouri
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 9,497.
Salt River Township was established in 1837, and named for a river of the same name within its borders.
Geography
Salt River Township covers an area of . It contains part of one incorporated city,
Mexico
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(the county seat). Unincorporated places include
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, Francis (railroad station; formerly Felton), Molino (former post office), Ortiz (railroad station; formerly Doan, and also known as Ortiz Station), Salt River (former post office), and Young's Creek (former post office).
The streams of
Brushy Branch Brushy Branch is a stream in Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Skull Lick Creek.
Brushy Branch was named for the brush along its course.
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. s ...
,
Fish Branch,
Fivemile Creek, Little Skull Lick Creek, Middle Lick Creek and
Skull Lick Creek Skull Lick Creek is a stream in Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the South Fork of the Salt River.
Skull Lick Creek most likely was named for an incident when a party of settlers were killed by Indians who left t ...
run through this township.
There are four cemeteries in the township: Elmwood, Mount Zion, Saint Brendans and Trinity.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Audrain County, Missouri
Townships in Missouri
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