Platte Township, Buchanan County, Missouri

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Platte Township
Township
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Coordinates: 39°35′44″N094°38′58″W / 39.59556°N 94.64944°W / 39.59556; -94.64944
Country United States
State Missouri
County Buchanan
Area
 • Total30.77 sq mi (79.69 km2)
 • Land30.76 sq mi (79.66 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)  0.04%
Elevation
[1]
899 ft (274 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total502
 • Density13.5/sq mi (5.2/km2)
FIPS code 29-58124 [2]
GNIS feature ID 0766343

Platte Township is one of twelve townships in Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 502. [3]

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Platte Township was established in 1839, taking its name from the Platte River. [4]

Geography

Platte Township covers an area of 30.77 square miles (79.7 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains six cemeteries: Allen, Frazier, Hebron, Number 6, Tobin and Witts.

The streams of Belcher Branch, Castile Creek, Crabapple Branch, DeMoss Branch, Frazier Branch, Jenkins Branch, Malden Creek and Wolfpen Creek run through this township.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (September 2012). "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Buchanan County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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