Nineveh Township, Adair County, Missouri
Township in Missouri, United States
40°15′21″N 092°41′50″W / 40.25583°N 92.69722°W / 40.25583; -92.69722[1]
(2010)
Nineveh Township is one of ten townships in Adair County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,289.[3] The township is named from the town of Nineveh, a German communistic colony that was established in the area in about 1850.[4]
Geography
Nineveh Township covers an area of 54.41 square miles (140.9 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Novinger. It contains two cemeteries: Nineveh and Novinger.
The streams of Brush Creek, Davis Branch, Hazel Creek, Little Hazel Creek, Mulberry Creek, Rye Creek, Shuteye Creek and Spring Creek run through this township.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nineveh township, Adair County, Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
- ^ Violette, E. M. (1911). History of Adair County. The Denslow History Company. pp. 39.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Adair County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Kirksville
- Brashear
- Greentop‡
- Kirksville
- Novinger
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communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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