Otterville Township, Cooper County, Missouri
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Otterville Township is one of fourteen
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, C ...
in Cooper County,
Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
,
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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 913.


Geography

According to the
United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...
, Otterville Township covers an area of 27.24 square miles (70.56 square kilometers); of this, 27.24 square miles (70.55 square kilometers, 99.99 percent) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 square kilometers, 0.03 percent) is water.


Cities, towns, villages

* Otterville


Unincorporated towns

* Clifton City at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)


Adjacent townships

* Clear Creek Township (north) * Lebanon Township (east) * Richland Township, Morgan County (south) * Smithton Township, Pettis County (southwest) * Bowling Green Township, Pettis County (west) * Heath Creek Township, Pettis County (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Saint Josephs and Shackleford.


Major highways

* U.S. Route 50 * Route 135


School districts

* Otterville R-Vi * Pilot Grove C-4 * Smithton R-Vi


Political districts

*
Missouri's 6th congressional district Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the ...
* State House District 117 * State House District 118 * State Senate District 21 * State Senate District 28


References


United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States National Atlas


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