Salem Township, Daviess County, Missouri
Salem Township | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 40°05′43″N 94°02′21″W / 40.0952366°N 94.0391561°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Daviess |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.39 sq mi (94.2 km2) |
| • Land | 36.14 sq mi (93.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2) 0.69% |
| Elevation | 860 ft (260 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 440 |
| • Density | 12.2/sq mi (4.7/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-06165198[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 766587[2] |
Salem Township is a township in Daviess County, Missouri, United States.[2] At the 2020 census, its population was 440.[3]
Salem Township was established in 1859.[4] The town of Coffey was originally settled in 1856 and called Salem.[5]
References
- ^ a b "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem Township, Daviess County, Missouri
- ^ a b "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ "Daviess County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 461.