Prairie Township is an inactive
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in
Jackson County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
Prairie Township was established in 1860, taking its name from the prairie within its borders.
The township included Lee's Summit and parts of what is now Unity Village (corresponding with what was previously known as Knobtown village). An atlas showing the townships of Jackson County in 1930 is on page 2 at
* (Jackson County, circa 1930): https://web.archive.org/web/20180912112150/http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm/ref/collection/moplatbooks/id/1537
References
Townships in Missouri
Townships in Jackson County, Missouri
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