West Point 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 573. West Point Township took its name from the community of West Point, which is now considered a ghost town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, West Point Township covers an area of 33 square miles (85.46 square kilometers); of this, 32.88 square miles (85.15 square kilometers, 99.64 percent) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 square kilometers, 0.36 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Amsterdam

Adjacent townships

* West Boone Township (north) * East Boone Township (northeast) * Elkhart Township (east) * Charlotte Township (southeast) * Homer Township (south) *

Lincoln Township, Linn County, Kansas Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Linc ...

(west) * Sugar Creek Township, Miami County, Kansas (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Forbes, Walley and West Point.

Landmarks

* City Park

School districts

* Miami R-I

Political districts

* Missouri's 4th congressional district * 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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