Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri

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Elkhart Township
Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri.svg
Location in Bates County
Coordinates: 38°20′24″N94°26′46″W / 38.34000°N 94.44611°W / 38.34000; -94.44611
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Bates
Area
  Total
35.54 sq mi (92.05 km2)
  Land35.46 sq mi (91.83 km2)
  Water0.085 sq mi (0.22 km2)  0.24%
Elevation
850 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total
304
  Density8.5/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

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]

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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

Political districts

References

  1. "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  2. "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: 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.