Mound 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 819.[1]
Mound Township was named for the mounds within its borders.[2]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Mound Township covers an area of 36.23 square miles (93.82 square kilometers); of this, 36.13 square miles (93.59 square kilometers, 99.75 percent) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 square kilometers, 0.25 percent) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
Adjacent townships
- Deer Creek Township (north)
- Grand River Township (northeast)
- Shawnee Township (east)
- Summit Township (southeast)
- Mount Pleasant Township (south)
- Charlotte Township (southwest)
- Elkhart Township (west)
- East Boone Township (northwest)
Major highways
Landmarks
- City Park
- Grove Street
School districts
- Adrian County R-III
- Butler R-V School District
Political districts
- Missouri's 4th congressional district
- State House District 125
- State Senate District 31
References
- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States National Atlas
- ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ^ "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.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |