[1] Towanda is an Osage-language name meaning "many waters".

[2] Towanda Township covers an area of 36 square miles (93 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Towanda.

The streams of Badger Creek, Spring Branch and West Branch Whitewater River run through this township.

Towanda Township contains one airport or landing strip, Greer Miller Landing Strip.

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