Mingo Township, Bates County, Missouri

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

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

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|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Missouri}}

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Bates

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|area_total_km2 = 66.99

|area_land_km2 = 66.87

|area_water_km2 = 0.12

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|area_total_sq_mi = 25.86

|area_land_sq_mi = 25.82

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04

|area_water_percent = 0.18

|population_as_of = 2000

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|population_total = 235

|population_density_km2 = 3.5

|population_density_sq_mi = 9.1

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|elevation_m = 264

|elevation_ft = 866

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|timezone = CST

|utc_offset = -6

|timezone_DST = CDT

|utc_offset_DST = -5

|postal_code_type = ZIP codes

|postal_code = 64720, 64747, 64788

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|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0766299 0766299]

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Mingo 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 235.{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=2009-05-17 }}

The township takes its name from Mingo Creek.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bates.html |title=Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=1 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071125/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bates.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}