Center Township is one of twelve
townships
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
Buchanan County,
Missouri
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,
USA
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. As of the
2010 census, its population was 3,049.
Center Township was established in 1841, and named for its location near the
geographical center
In geography, the centroid of the two-dimensional shape of a region of the Earth's surface (projected radially to sea level or onto a geoid surface) is known as its geographic centre or geographical centre or (less commonly) gravitational centre. I ...
of Buchanan County.
Geography
Center Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains five cemeteries: Feuquay, New King Hill, Old Sparta, Parker and Pleasant Ridge.
References
External links
US-Counties.com
Townships in Buchanan County, Missouri
Townships in Missouri
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