Butterfield Township, Barry County, Missouri

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

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Barry

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|area_total_km2 = 37.51

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|area_total_sq_mi = 14.48

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|population_total = 916

|population_density_km2 = 24.4

|population_density_sq_mi = 63.3

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|elevation_m = 460

|elevation_ft = 1509

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|blank_info = 29-10162{{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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Butterfield Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 916.

The township has the name of Fredrick Butterfield, a railroad official.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html |title=Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=30 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071806/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_barry.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}