Flat Creek Township is one of twenty-five

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 Barry County,

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 ...

, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,462. Flat Creek was organized in 1844, taking its name from Flat Creek.

Geography

Flat Creek Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Cassville (the county seat). It contains six cemeteries: Corinth, Horner, Oak Hill, Pilant, Quaker and Russell.

Transportation

Flat Creek Township contains one airport or landing strip, Cassville Municipal Airport.

Notable people

Don Johnson Donnie Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer and singer. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series ''Miami Vice'', for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Em ...

– actor, producer, director, singer and songwriter. *

Curtis F. Marbut Curtis Fletcher Marbut (1863–1935) served as Director of the Soil Survey Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1913 until his death in 1935. Marbut developed the first formal soil classification scheme for the United States. Marbut ...

– director of the Soil Survey Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Barry County, Missouri Townships in Missouri 1844 establishments in Missouri {{BarryCountyMO-geo-stub