Shawnee Township, Bates County, Missouri

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Shawnee Township
Township
Shawnee Township, Bates County, Missouri.svg
Location in Bates County
Coordinates: 38°20′55″N94°14′07″W / 38.34861°N 94.23528°W / 38.34861; -94.23528
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Bates
Area
 • Total
35.81 sq mi (92.76 km2)
 • Land35.76 sq mi (92.61 km2)
 • Water0.058 sq mi (0.15 km2)  0.16%
Elevation
846 ft (258 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
277
 • Density7.8/sq mi (3/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
64720, 64730
GNIS feature ID 0766307

Shawnee 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 277. [1]

Contents

Shawnee Township has the name of the Shawnee Indians. [2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Shawnee Township covers an area of 35.82 square miles (92.76 square kilometers); of this, 35.76 square miles (92.61 square kilometers, 99.84 percent) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.15 square kilometers, 0.16 percent) is water.

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Cloud, France and Nichols.

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)
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