Adair Township, Camden County, Missouri
Encyclopedia
Adair Township is one of eleven townships
in Camden County
, Missouri
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 2,780.
. It contains nine cemeteries: Adkins, Barnumton, Cable Ridge, Clark, Dority, Granger, Parish, Whitaker and Woolery.
The streams of Bollinger Creek, Dry Branch, Fiery Fork, Jack Branch, Kolb Branch, Lick Creek, Morriss Creek, Pearson Branch, Rainy Creek, Rise Branch, Ritter Branch, Spring Valley Creek and West Pearson Branch run through this township.
There are also multiple smaller springs in this township
It also contains one fire lookout tower, the Climax Springs Lookout Tower
Missouri Supplemental Routes CC, DD, J, NN, and Z.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Camden County
Camden County, Missouri
Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 37,051. Its county seat is Camdenton. The county was organized in 1841 as Kinderhook County and renamed in 1843, for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Chancellor of England, and leader of the Whig...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 2,780.
Geography
Adair Township covers an area of 106.93 square miles (276.9 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Climax SpringsClimax Springs, Missouri
Climax Springs is a village in Camden County, Missouri, United States. The population was 80 at the 2000 census.- History :A large spring flowing out of the hillside was discovered when A.R. Jackson & W.W. Hockman were traveling from the then county seat of Linn Creek to Edwards, MO. In 1880, Mr....
. It contains nine cemeteries: Adkins, Barnumton, Cable Ridge, Clark, Dority, Granger, Parish, Whitaker and Woolery.
The streams of Bollinger Creek, Dry Branch, Fiery Fork, Jack Branch, Kolb Branch, Lick Creek, Morriss Creek, Pearson Branch, Rainy Creek, Rise Branch, Ritter Branch, Spring Valley Creek and West Pearson Branch run through this township.
There are also multiple smaller springs in this township
Public Areas
It contains the Moles Cave State Wildlife Area and Fiery Fork State Wildlife Area which has a canoe access to the Little Niangua RiverLittle Niangua River
The Little Niangua River is a tributary of the Niangua River in the Ozarks region of central Missouri in the United States. Via the Niangua, Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.- Description:...
It also contains one fire lookout tower, the Climax Springs Lookout Tower
Transportation
Adair Township contains one airport or landing strip, Eagles Landing Airport. It also contains Route 7, andMissouri Supplemental Routes CC, DD, J, NN, and Z.