Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Kinder Township | |
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Township | |
Coordinates: 37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°WCoordinates: 37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Cape Girardeau |
Area | |
• Total | 32.13 sq mi (83.23 km2) |
• Land | 32.1 sq mi (83.14 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.11% |
Elevation[1] | 525 ft (160 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 999 |
• Density | 31.1/sq mi (12/km2) |
FIPS code | 29-38702[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0766399 |
Kinder Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 999.
History
Kinder Township was founded in 1872.[3] The township has the name of the Kinder family, early settlers.[4]
Geography
Kinder Township covers an area of 32.13 square miles (83.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains six cemeteries: Allen, Calvary, Criddle, Deck, Gravel Hill and McGuire.
The streams of Byrd Creek, Dillard Creek, Little Whitewater Creek, McGuire Branch and Schroder Branch run through this township.
References
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. p. 163.
- ↑ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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