Clay Township, Atchison County, Missouri

Clay Township is one of eleven townships in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,798.

Clay Township was organized in 1856, and named after Henry Clay of Kentucky.

Geography
Clay Township covers an area of 108.9 km2 and contains one incorporated settlement, Rock Port (the county seat). It contains five cemeteries: Bush, Green Hill, Hunter, Millsap and Smith.

The streams of Boney Branch, Turkey Creek and Volger Branch run through this township.

Transportation
Clay Township contains one airport, Luhrs Landing Strip.