[3] Settled mainly by settlers from the upland south (Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee), the township was named after the Missouri River, to which the township originally extended.

The Columbia Cemetery and a small part of the original town plat lie in Missouri township.

Missouri Township covers an area of 108.5 square miles (281 km2) and is located in the middle of Boone County between the Flat Branch and Roche Perche Creeks.

Hinkson Creek, the Flat Branch and County House Branch flow through the township eventually feeding into the Roche Perche which forms the western border.

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