Union Township, Holt County, Missouri

Union Township was settled in the early 1840s, at Sharpe's Grove, but its establishment date is unknown. Marietta was first settled circa 1844 was a community on the east bank of the Missouri River, southwest of where Craig is today, near Lewsiville. Rush Bottoms Conservation Area is where the settlement used to be. A schoolhouse named Marietta persisted until at least 1920. A hamlet called Tarkio, also known as Tarkeo or Big Spring, was located in the northern portion of Union township, about 1.75 miles northwest of Craig, along the Big Tarkio Creek. The Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council Bluffs Railroad was completed through this township in 1869. ==Geography==

Union Township is the largest township in area in Holt County and the only one to touch its northern and western boundary. Two-thirds of its area is the Missouri River bottomlands, and the rest is the Loess Bluffs. Two of Holt County's largest streams flow north-south through the township, the Tarkio River and Little Tarkio Creek. Also, a couple named landforms are present in the northern bluffs of the township, Pigeon Ridge and Mill Hollow. ==Transportation==

The following highways travel through the township: • Interstate 29 • U.S. Route 59 • Route 111 ==References==