White Cloud Township, Nodaway County, Missouri

White Cloud Township
Coordinates: 40°12′15″N 94°52′39″W / 40.2040878°N 94.8776285°W / 40.2040878; -94.8776285
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyNodaway
Erected1845
Area
  Total
53.16 sq mi (137.7 km2)
  Land53.13 sq mi (137.6 km2)
  Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.06%
Elevation
1,050 ft (320 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
534
  Density10.1/sq mi (3.9/km2)
FIPS code29-14779342
GNIS feature ID767098

White Cloud Township is a township in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 534. It contains 53 sections. Arkoe, the only community in the township, is its northeast just west of the One Hundred and Two River. The extinct communities of Whitecloud and Pumpkin Center both were in the center of the township.

White Cloud Township was erected in 1845, taking its name from White Cloud Creek. In the early 1870s part of this township was split off to help create Grant Township.

The headwaters of the Arapahoe Creek is in the southwest of this township.

Littsville was located in the southern portion of this township.