Central Township, Missouri | |
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 Location of Perry County | |
| Coordinates: 37°43′51″N89°51′45″W / 37.73088°N 89.86250°W Coordinates: 37°43′51″N89°51′45″W / 37.73088°N 89.86250°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48 sq mi (124 km2) |
| • Land | 48 sq mi (123 km2) |
| • Water | 1 sq mi (1 km2) 0.81%% |
| GNIS Feature ID | 767153 |
Central Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Central Township is located in the central part of Perry County, hence its name. [2]
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists five townships named Central, including this one, in various counties of Missouri.
The first European settlers in what is now Central Township arrived in 1800 and were Kentuckians who laid down farms around The Barrens. They had called their home in Kentucky The Barrens, a term used extensively to describe land which combines some of the features of timber land and prairie, the timber being scattering and possibly stunted. The term does not indicate poor soil. Finding the topographical conditions in Perry County to resemble that of their Kentucky home, the early settlers transferred the name to this region. The Kentucky Barrens lie east of Bowling Green and the Barren River, a tributary of Green River, and Barren County near the southern border of the state. The first settlers here were Tuckers, Moores, Haydens, and Laytons. The first settlement was made in 1801 by Isadore Moore. The town site for Perryville was selected in 1822 by Robert T. Brown, Joseph Tucker, and Thomas Riney, who had been appointed to select the seat of justice for Perry County. The land was surveyed and the town platted by William McLane in 1822 on land belonging to Bernard Layton. The first Catholic Seminary west of the Mississippi River was founded here in 1818 by Bishop Du Bourg and called St. Mary's-of-the-Barrens. [2]
Central Township was organized in the years between 1870 and 1890. There is one incorporated community (Perryville, Missouri) and an unincorporated community (Friedenberg, Missouri) situated in the township. [3]
As its name indicates, Central Township is located in the middle of Perry County, Missouri. Cinque Hommes Creek flows through the township eastward towards the Mississippi River. [2]
As of the census of 2010, there were 10,875 people living in the township. The racial makeup of the township was 97.4% White, Black 0.2%, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0% Asian, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 0.5% from other races. [4] [5] The median age is 37.7, just above the US median of 37.3. 53.96% of people in Central Township (Perry county), MO are married, and 9.89% are divorced. 29.97% of people are married with children, and 15.28% have children but are single. The average household size is 2.48 people. [4] [6]
Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,956. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,555 at the 2020 United States census. Perryville is the county seat of Perry County.
Brewer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline Township, Perry County, Missouri, United States, which is located northwest of Perryville.
Cinque Hommes is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Seventy-Six was an unincorporated community in Brazeau Township in eastern Perry County, Missouri, United States. It was located fourteen miles east of Perryville, ninety miles south of Saint Louis, and lay directly on the Mississippi River.
St. Marys is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Bois Brûlé is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Claryville is an unincorporated community in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is located twelve miles northeast of Perryville, sixty-three miles south of Saint Louis, and lies directly on the Mississippi River.
McBride is an unincorporated community located in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. McBride is located approximately eight miles northeast of Perryville.
Brazeau is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Union is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
The Bois Brule Bottom is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek to the west and the Mississippi River to the east.
Silver Lake is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Salem Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Saline Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Cinque Hommes Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River flowing through Perry County, Missouri.
Brazeau Creek is a stream flowing through Perry County, Missouri and emptying into the Mississippi River.
Tucker’s Settlement is an abandoned village in Saline Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
St. Vincent de Paul Church is a Roman Catholic church in Perryville, Missouri. It was completed in 1965, but has roots in a Catholic community that built its first church in Perryville in 1817.
The Perry County Courthouse is a government building for Perry County that lies on the main square in Perryville, Missouri, United States.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |