Green Township is a township in western Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains about 67 sections of land. The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest. All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.
Green Township was established on June 14th, 1866 and was named after Nathanael Greene, an American Revolutionary War general.
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
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
- ^ "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
- "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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