The U.S. state of Missouri is divided into 1,378 townships in 114 counties.
In Missouri, only counties of the third and fourth classes, which are those with a total assessed valuation under $450,000,000, may have township governments, but are not required to.
[1][2] As of 2021, 20 of the 114 Missouri counties had township governments, containing 285 townships.
[2] Township governments are considered subcounty general purpose governments, but not municipal governments.
Townships in the other Missouri counties are geographical areas only, without township governments.