Bethany Township, Harrison County, Missouri

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Bethany Township
Township
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Coordinates: 40°15′02″N94°02′36″W / 40.2505684°N 94.0433626°W / 40.2505684; -94.0433626
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
County Harrison
Area
[1]
 • Total
93.5 km2 (36.11 sq mi)
 • Land92.7 km2 (35.81 sq mi)
 • Water0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)  0.83%
Elevation
[2]
281 m (922 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
3,320
 • Density35.8/km2 (92.7/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-08105086 [1]
GNIS feature ID766714 [2]

Bethany Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 3320. [3]

Bethany township was created due to a county-wide November 1872 election, which would subdivide the county into 20 municipal townships corresponding with the county's 20 congressional townships. [4] Bethany Township takes its name from the community of Bethany, Missouri. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United State Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bethany Township, Harrison County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ Wanamaker, George W. "History of Harrison County, Missouri". Topeka, Indianapolis : Historical Pub. Co., 1921. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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