Liberty Township is one of ten

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 483. Liberty Township was established in 1848, and named for the American principle of

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Geography

Liberty Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains eight cemeteries: Borneman, Crump, Passover, Proffer, Proffer, Spivey, Stoder and Stroderville. The streams of Gizzard Creek and Hog Creek run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area Townships in Missouri {{CapeGirardeauCountyMO-geo-stub