Center Township, Buchanan County, Missouri

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Center Township
Township
Map highlighting Center Township, Buchanan County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 39°40′03″N94°49′27″W / 39.6675644°N 94.824148°W / 39.6675644; -94.824148
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Buchanan
Area
[1]
 • Total
93.3 km2 (36.01 sq mi)
 • Land92.9 km2 (35.85 sq mi)
 • Water0.4 km2 (0.16 sq mi)  0.44%
Elevation
[2]
336 m (1,102 ft)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
2,950
 • Density31.8/km2 (82.3/sq mi)
FIPS code 29-02112484 [1]
GNIS feature ID766338 [2]

Center Township is a township in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. [2] At the 2020 census, its population was 2950. [3]

Contents

Center Township was established in 1841, and named for its location near the geographical center of Buchanan County. [4]

Geography

Center Township covers an area of 36.32 square miles (94.1 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains five cemeteries: Feuquay, New King Hill, Old Sparta, Parker and Pleasant Ridge.

Pinkston [5] is an extinct hamlet in central Center Township [6] and rail station on the Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway [7] It was located near the headwaters of Bee Creek on Route A north of Willow Brook.

References

  1. 1 2 "MO TIGER County Subdivisions". Missouri Spatial Data Infomration Service. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Center Township, Buchanan County, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistance". Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Buchanan County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2584902
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Center Township, Buchanan County, Missouri
  7. ↑ "Plat book of Buchanan County, Missouri 1930". Hixson (W. W.) and Company. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
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