Cuivre Township is one of eight
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Audrain County,
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 5,125.
Cuivre Township takes its name from Cuivre Creek.
Geography
Cuivre Township covers an area of and contains two incorporated settlements:
Farber and
Vandalia. It contains five cemeteries: Edwards, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Farber, Fike and Payne.
The streams of Bear Slough, Hickory Creek and Lost Creek run through this township.
Transportation
Cuivre Township contained one airport or landing strip, Vandalia Airpark, which has since been plowed and used for farmland by the owner.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Audrain County, Missouri
Townships in Missouri
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