Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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Kinder Township
Township
Map highlighting Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.svg
Coordinates: 37°21′23″N089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°W / 37.35639; -89.81389
Country United States
State Missouri
County Cape Girardeau
Area
 • Total32.13 sq mi (83.23 km2)
 • Land32.1 sq mi (83.14 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.11%
Elevation
[1]
525 ft (160 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total999
 • Density31.1/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code 29-38702 [2]
GNIS feature ID 0766399

Kinder Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 999.

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History

Kinder Township was founded in 1872. [3] The township has the name of the Kinder family, early settlers. [4]

Geography

Kinder Township covers an area of 32.13 square miles (83.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. Known cemeteries include Allen, Braugkmann, Calvary, Cauvey, Deck, Fairview, Gravel Hill 1, Gravel Hill 2, Haynes Chapel, Heuer 2/Foster/Huey, Krueger, McGuire/Helderman, Proffer 2, Proffer 3, Reineke, Schatte, Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran, Stausing.

The streams of Byrd Creek, Dillard Creek, Little Whitewater Creek, McGuire Branch and Schroder Branch run through this township.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. p. 163.
  4. ↑ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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