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Independence Township is a township in northeastern Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It contains 63 sections of land. Parnell is located in the southeast of the township. The places of Allison, Gaynor, and Orrsburg once existed in the western portion of the township.

Independence Township was erected in May, 1856 when the county court ordered the northern portion of Jackson Township to be called Independence Township. In 1863 some lands east of the present boundary were ceded to Worth County.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Independence Township, Nodaway County, Missouri
2. ^ "Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri - Volume 1". B.F. Bowen & Company. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Maryville
Cities	Barnard Burlington Junction Clearmont Conception Junction Elmo Graham Hopkins Maryville Parnell Ravenwood Skidmore
Villages	Arkoe Clyde Guilford Pickering
Townships	Atchison Grant Green Hopkins Hughes Independence Jackson Jefferson Lincoln Monroe Nodaway Polk Union Washington White Cloud
Unincorporated Communities	Conception Quitman Wilcox
Extinct Hamlets	Allison Bedison Bell Grove Dawsonville Fairview Gaynor Orrsburg Prairie Park Possum Walk Pumpkin Center Roseberry Xenia Whitecloud
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