This article is on the Guthrie Township. For information on the town of Guthrie, within the township, see
Guthrie, Missouri
Guthrie is an unincorporated community in western Callaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community lies at the intersection of Missouri routes J and Y. New Bloomfield lies two miles south on Route J and the Pine Ridge Recreation Ar ...
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Guthrie Township is one of eighteen
townships
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Callaway County
Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 44,283. Its county seat is Fulton. With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized Novemb ...
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Missouri
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Guthrie Township has the name of a local family.
History
The town of Guthrie was established in 1872 as 'Bigbee' and then renamed 'Guthrie' in 187
(See Missouri State Historical Society page on Callaway County place names.)The larger Guthrie Township surrounding the town of the same name was created sometime between 1883 and 1897
[Callaway Historical Society: "Combined Historical Atlases of Callaway County Missouri 1876-1897-1919". Mt Vernon IN: Windmill Publications (1994).] from what was before then approximately the southern one-third of
Round Prairie Township (reduced in size thereafter), plus a narrow adjacent strip of northern Cedar Township. This is critical to determining exact locations in historical and genealogical research.
Geography
Guthrie Township covers an area of and while containing no incorporated settlements, it does include the unincorporated community of
Guthrie (named Bigbee at time of its establishment). The stream of
Dry Fork runs through this township, where the removal of the Chicago & Alton Railroad tracks and station affected the community substantially, and the community was absorbed largely into the economy of nearby
New Bloomfield in neighboring Cedar Township.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
New Bloomfield Area Historical Society
Townships in Callaway County, Missouri
Jefferson City metropolitan area
Townships in Missouri
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