Tarkio Township, Atchison County, Missouri
Tarkio Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,752. Tarkio Township was organized in 1845, and named after the nearby Tarkio River. Geography. Tarkio Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Tarkio. It contains one cemetery, Home. The streams of Middle Tarkio Creek and West Tarkio Creek run through this township. Transportation. Tarkio Township contains one airport, Gould Peterson Municipal Airport.