Capps Creek Township | |
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| Coordinates: 36°54′00″N094°02′44″W / 36.90000°N 94.04556°W Coordinates: 36°54′00″N094°02′44″W / 36.90000°N 94.04556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Barry |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.22 sq mi (75.67 km2) |
| • Land | 29.22 sq mi (75.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 570 |
| • Density | 19.5/sq mi (7.5/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-11332 [2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0766251 |
Capps Creek Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 570.
A township in the United States is a small geographic area.
Barry County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 35,597. Its county seat is Cassville. The county was organized in 1835 and named after William Taylor Barry, a U.S. Postmaster General from 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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Capps Creek Township was established in 1845, taking its name from Capps Creek. [3]
