Kelly Township is one of fourteen

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in Cooper County,

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 676. Kelly Township was named after John Kelley, a pioneer citizen.

Geography

According to the

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, Kelly Township covers an area of 66.69 square miles (172.74 square kilometers); of this, 66.61 square miles (172.53 square kilometers, 99.88 percent) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 square kilometers, 0.12 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Bunceton

Extinct towns

* Petersburg at (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Adjacent townships

* Palestine Township (north) * Clark Fork Township (northeast) * North Moniteau Township (east) * South Moniteau Township (east) * Willow Fork Township, Moniteau County (south) * Mill Creek Township, Morgan County (southwest) * Lebanon Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Chilton, Hopewell, Howard, Masonic and Woods.

Major highways

Missouri Route 5 Missouri Route 5 is the longest state highway in Missouri and the only Missouri state highway to traverse the entire state. To the north, it continues into Iowa as Iowa Highway 5 and to the south it enters Arkansas as Arkansas Highway 5 as pa ...

School districts

* Cooper County C-4 * Moniteau County R-Vi School District * Otterville R-Vi * Pilot Grove C-4

Political districts

Missouri's 6th congressional district Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the ...

* State House District 117 * State Senate District 21

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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