Summit 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 317.[1]
Summit Township was so named on account of the relatively elevated prairies within its borders.[2]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Summit Township covers an area of 35.89 square miles (92.97 square kilometers); of this, 35.84 square miles (92.83 square kilometers, 99.85 percent) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.14 square kilometers, 0.15 percent) is water.
Adjacent townships
- Shawnee Township (north)
- Spruce Township (northeast)
- Deepwater Township (east)
- Pleasant Gap Township (south)
- Lone Oak Township (southwest)
- Mount Pleasant Township (west)
- Mound Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these two cemeteries: Elizabeth Chapel and Glass.
School districts
- Ballard R-II
- Butler R-V School District
Political districts
- Missouri's 4th congressional district
- State House District 120
- 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 | |