Mount Pleasant Township, Bates County, Missouri
Mount Pleasant Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,060.
The township was descriptively named.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 35.95 square miles (93.11 square kilometers); of this, 35.79 square miles (92.71 square kilometers, 99.57 percent) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 square kilometers, 0.44 percent) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
Adjacent townships
- Mound Township (north)
- Shawnee Township (northeast)
- Summit Township (east)
- Lone Oak Township (south)
- New Home Township (southwest)
- Charlotte Township (west)
- Elkhart Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these two cemeteries: Morris and Oak Hill.
Major highways
Airports and landing strips
- Bates County Hospital Heliport
- Butler Memorial Airport
Lakes
- Butler Recreational Lake
- Kennedy Lake
Landmarks
- Butler Country Club Golf Course
- Butler Golf Course
Streams
School districts
- Butler R-V School District
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
- ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ^ "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |