Pleasant Gap Township is one of twenty-four

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in Bates County,

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, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 264. The township took its name from the community of Pleasant Gap, Missouri.

Geography

According to the

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, Pleasant Gap Township covers an area of 45.64 square miles (118.22 square kilometers); of this, 45.61 square miles (118.12 square kilometers, 99.92 percent) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 square kilometers, 0.08 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

* Summit Township (north) * Deepwater Township (northeast) * Hudson Township (east) * Rockville Township (southeast) * Prairie Township (south) * Lone Oak Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains Rogers Cemetery.

Major highways

Missouri Route 52 Route 52 is an east/west highway running from its eastern terminus at Route 133 east of St. Elizabeth to the Kansas state line where it continues as K-52 (this road continues for 23 additional miles). Highway 52 comprises of primarily two-l ...

Airports and landing strips

* Bauer PGI Airport

School districts

* Butler R-V School District * Rich Hill R-IV

Political districts

Missouri's 4th congressional district Missouri's 4th congressional district comprises west central Missouri. It stretches from Columbia to the southern suburbs of Kansas City, including a sliver of Kansas City itself. The district is predominantly rural and relatively conservative ...

* State House District 120 * State House District 125 * State Senate District 31

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States National Atlas

External links

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