Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri

Elkhart Township
Elkhart Township
	Township
	Location in Bates County
	Coordinates: 38°20′24″N94°26′46″W / 38.34000°N 94.44611°W Coordinates: 38°20′24″N94°26′46″W / 38.34000°N 94.44611°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Bates
Area
• Total	35.54 sq mi (92.05 km2)
• Land	35.45 sq mi (91.83 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2) 0.24%
Elevation	853 ft (260 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	304
• Density	8.6/sq mi (3.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	64720, 64722, 64723, 64730
GNIS feature ID	0766293

Last updated April 12, 2020

Elkhart Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 304.^[1]

History

Elkhart Township was established in the 1860s.^[2] The name is a transfer from Elkhart, Indiana.^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Elkhart Township covers an area of 35.54 square miles (92.05 square kilometers); of this, 35.45 square miles (91.83 square kilometers, 99.76 percent) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.22 square kilometers, 0.24 percent) is water.

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Howell and Scott.

School districts

Adrian County R-III
Butler R-V School District
Miami R-I

Political districts

Missouri's 4th congressional district
State House District 125
State Senate District 31

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References

↑ "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved 2009-05-17.
↑ "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 285.

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[1] "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved 2009-05-17.

[2] "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[3] Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 285.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Butler
Cities	Adrian Amoret Amsterdam Butler Drexel‡ Hume Rich Hill Rockville	Map of Missouri highlighting Bates County
Villages	Foster Merwin Passaic
Townships	Charlotte Deepwater Deer Creek East Boone Elkhart Grand River Homer Howard Hudson Lone Oak Mingo Mound Mount Pleasant New Home Osage Pleasant Gap Prairie Rockville Shawnee Spruce Summit Walnut West Boone West Point
Unincorporated communities	Aaron Altona Ballard Burdett Cornland Crescent Hill Hudson Johnstown Mayesburg New Home Nyhart Papinville Pleasant Gap Prairie City Rucker Sprague Spruce Virginia Worland
Ghost towns	Coleville Culver Peru Shobe Vinton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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