Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

Green Township is a township in western Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It contains about 67 sections of land. [2] The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest.[2] All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.

Green Township was established on June 14th, 1866[2] and was named after Nathanael Greene, an American Revolutionary War general.[3]

Bowman Branch headwaters on the northern border of this township with Nodaway Township and travels southwesterly through this township and becomes a tributary of the Nodaway River just south of Quitman.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
  2. ^ a b c "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

40°21′19″N 95°05′29″W / 40.3553°N 95.0914°W / 40.3553; -95.0914


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