Orrick Township is an inactive township in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

History

Orrick Township was founded in 1886, taking its name from the town of Orrick, Missouri.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orrick Township, Ray County, Missouri
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 346.

39°13′12″N 94°08′41″W / 39.2200°N 94.1447°W / 39.2200; -94.1447


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