Neely Township, Butler County, Missouri

{{Short description|Township in the U.S. state of Missouri}}

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

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_name1 = Missouri

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Butler

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|area_total_km2 = 155.15

|area_land_km2 = 155.05

|area_water_km2 = 0.1

|area_total_sq_mi = 59.9

|area_land_sq_mi = 59.86

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04

|area_water_percent = 0.06

|population_as_of = 2010

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|population_total = 1126

|population_density_km2 = 8.1

|population_density_sq_mi = 21

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|elevation_m = 93

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|blank_info = 29-51392{{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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|blank1_info = 0766355{{GNIS|766355}}

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Neely Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,126.{{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}}

Neely Township was organized in 1871, and named after Obadiah Neely, an early citizen.{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html| title=Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=6 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071902/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_butler.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}