Mount Pleasant Township, Bates County, Missouri
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|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Bates
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|area_total_km2 = 93.11
|area_land_km2 = 92.71
|area_water_km2 = 0.41
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|area_total_sq_mi = 35.95
|area_land_sq_mi = 35.79
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.16
|area_water_percent = 0.44
|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_total = 5060
|population_density_km2 = 54.6
|population_density_sq_mi = 141.4
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|elevation_m = 255
|elevation_ft = 837
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|timezone = CST
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|timezone_DST = CDT
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 64730
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|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
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Mount Pleasant 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 5,060.{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=2009-05-17 }}
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 35.95 square miles (93.11 square kilometers); of this, 35.79 square miles (92.71 square kilometers, 99.57 percent) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 square kilometers, 0.44 percent) is water.
=Cities, towns, villages=
=Adjacent townships=
- Mound Township (north)
- Shawnee Township (northeast)
- Summit Township (east)
- Lone Oak Township (south)
- New Home Township (southwest)
- Charlotte Township (west)
- Elkhart Township (northwest)
=Cemeteries=
The township contains these two cemeteries: Morris and Oak Hill.
=Major highways=
=Airports and landing strips=
- Bates County Hospital Heliport
- Butler Memorial Airport
=Lakes=
- Butler Recreational Lake
- Kennedy Lake
=Landmarks=
- Butler Country Club Golf Course
- Butler Golf Course
=Streams=
School districts
- Butler R-V School District
Political districts
- Missouri's 4th congressional district
- State House District 125
- State Senate District 31
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605223247/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020547/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ United States National Atlas]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205061611/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/missouri.html US-Counties.com]
- [http://www.city-data.com/township/Mount-Pleasant-Bates-MO.html City-Data.com]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Mount Pleasant Township
|North=Mound Township
|Northeast=Shawnee Township
|East=Summit Township
|South=Lone Oak Township
|Southwest=New Home Township
|West=Charlotte Township
|Northwest=Elkhart Township
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{{Bates County, Missouri}}
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