Cooter Township is an inactive
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Pemiscot County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
.
Cooter Township takes its name from the community of
Cooter, Missouri
Cooter is a city in Pemiscot County, Missouri, Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. The population was 343 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
According to Houck's History of Missouri, the town of Cooter was named in 1854 ...
.
References
Townships in Missouri
Townships in Pemiscot County, Missouri
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