Lincoln Township | |
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| Coordinates: 39°34′08″N093°55′34″W / 39.56889°N 93.92611°W Coordinates: 39°34′08″N093°55′34″W / 39.56889°N 93.92611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Caldwell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.59 sq mi (94.78 km2) |
| • Land | 36.58 sq mi (94.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) 0.04% |
| Elevation | 978 ft (298 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 471 |
| • Density | 12.9/sq mi (5/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-42626 [2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0766366 |
Lincoln Township is one of twelve townships in Caldwell County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 471.
A township in the United States is a small geographic area.
Caldwell County is a county located in Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 9,424. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Kingston. The county was organized December 29, 1836 and named by Alexander Doniphan to honor John Caldwell, who participated in George Rogers Clark's Native American Campaign of 1786 and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.
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Lincoln Township was established in 1869, and named after President Abraham Lincoln. [3]
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the U.S. economy.
