Mount Pleasant Township is one of twenty-four
townships in
Bates County,
Missouri, and is part of the
Kansas City metropolitan area
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...
within the
USA. As of the
2000 census, its population was 5,060.
The township was descriptively named.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 35.95 square miles (93.11 square kilometers); of this, 35.79 square miles (92.71 square kilometers, 99.57 percent) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 square kilometers, 0.44 percent) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Butler
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Adjacent townships
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Mound Township (north)
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Shawnee Township (northeast)
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Summit Township (east)
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Lone Oak Township (south)
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New Home Township (southwest)
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Charlotte Township (west)
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Elkhart Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these two cemeteries: Morris and Oak Hill.
Major highways
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U.S. Route 71
*
Missouri Route 52
Airports and landing strips
* Bates County Hospital Heliport
* Butler Memorial Airport
Lakes
* Butler Recreational Lake
* Kennedy Lake
Landmarks
* Butler Country Club Golf Course
* Butler Golf Course
Streams
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Miami Creek
Miami Creek is a stream in Bates County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Marais des Cygnes River.
The stream headwaters are a and the confluence is at .
The source area for the stream lies in the northwest corner of Bates County southeast o ...
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Mound Branch Mound Branch is a stream in Bates County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Mound Creek owes its name to mounds along its course.
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri ( U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arra ...
School districts
* Butler R-V School District
Political districts
*
Missouri's 4th congressional district
* State House District 125
* State Senate District 31
References
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)United States National Atlas
External links
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Townships in Bates County, Missouri
Townships in Missouri