Kaolin Township is an inactive
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Iron County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
.
Kaolin Township was established in 1857, and named for deposits of
kaolin
Kaolinite ( ; also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina (). ...
within its borders.
Geography
Streams that rise in the township include the
Big River,
Janes Creek
Janes Creek is a stream in Iron and Washington counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big River. The headwaters of the stream arise in Kaolin Township, Iron County, just north of Missouri Route 32 west of Banner. The confl ...
, and
Panther Branch.
rises one-half mile north of the township.
is located in the central region of the township.
References
Townships in Missouri
Townships in Iron County, Missouri
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