Beaver Dam Township, Butler County, Missouri

{{Short description|Township in the US state of Missouri}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Butler

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|area_total_km2 = 196.86

|area_land_km2 = 196.64

|area_water_km2 = 0.21

|area_total_sq_mi = 76.01

|area_land_sq_mi = 75.92

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.08

|area_water_percent = 0.11

|population_as_of = 2010

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|population_total = 4473

|population_density_km2 = 20.2

|population_density_sq_mi = 52.2

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|blank_info = 29-03826{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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Beaver Dam Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,473.{{cite web |author1=U.S. Census Bureau |title=2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-27.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021021540/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-27.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-21 |date=September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Geography

Beaver Dam Township covers an area of {{convert|76.01|sqmi|km2}} and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains nine cemeteries: Bay Springs, Cochran, Dickens, Dunning, Hudgens, Kinsey, Lone Hill, Military and Montgomery.

The streams of Beaverdam Creek, Case Bolt Branch, Dolly Branch, Fletcher Branch, Haw Branch, Kenner Spring Branch and Wolf Creek run through this township.

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