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 124.1 km2 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.