Black River Township, Butler County, Missouri

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|area_total_km2 = 133

|area_land_km2 = 132.83

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|population_total = 1665

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Black River Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,665.{{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

Black River Township covers an area of {{convert|51.35|sqmi|km2}} and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains eight cemeteries: Black River, Davidson, Harwell, Keele, Magill, Military Crossing, Nunley and Three Springs.

The streams of Aldridge Creek, Hartman Creek, Powers Creek, Swift Creek and Widow Creek run through this township.

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