St. James Township is an inactive

township 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 Mississippi County, in the U.S. state of

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. St. James Township was established in 1836, taking its name from the St. James Bayou within its borders.

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