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Conception is a census-designated place in southeastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. [4] Conception has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names . [ 5 ]
Conception Abbey, site of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, [1] is a monastery of the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The monastery, founded by the Swiss Engelberg Abbey in 1873 in northwest Missouri's Nodaway County , was raised to a conventual priory in 1876 and elevated to an abbey in 1881.
Conception Junction is the largest community of the Tri-C Area, being 1.5 miles north of Conception, home of Conception Abbey, and one mile west of the village of Clyde. The Platte River lies just west of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.31 square miles (0.80 km 2), all land. [6]
Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,241. [1] Its county seat is Maryville. [2] The county was organized February 14, 1845, and is named for the Nodaway River. [3]
Map of the United States with Missouri highlighted. Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States.In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters.
Green Township is a township in western Nodaway County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It contains about 67 sections of land. [2] The now disincorporated village of Quitman lies in its center and a small hamlet named Fairview was located four miles southwest. [2] All of Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area lies in its southwest.
The monks went on to found Conception Abbey in nearby Conception, Missouri, and began to minister to German and Irish immigrants of the region. [2] Like the monastery in Switzerland, the sisters devoted much skill to the art of ecclesiastical embroidery, and assiduously cultivated the singing of plainchant.
According to that census estimate, the population of Missouri is 6,196,156, an increase of 0.7% from 2020. The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2).