Walnut 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 419.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Walnut Township covers an area of 45.88 square miles (118.84 square kilometers); of this, 45.65 square miles (118.24 square kilometers, 99.5 percent) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 square kilometers, 0.5 percent) is water.

• Foster

• Worland at 38°11′16″N 94°35′31″W / 38.187805°N 94.5919°W / 38.187805; -94.5919

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

• Homer Township (north)
• Charlotte Township (northeast)
• New Home Township (east)
• Howard Township (south)
• Sheridan Township, Linn County, Kansas (southwest)
• Potosi Township, Linn County, Kansas (west)
• Valley Township, Linn County, Kansas (northwest)

The township contains these two cemeteries: Salem and Woofin.

• Oerke Enterprises Airport

• Hume R-VIII
• Miami R-I
• Rich Hill R-IV

• Missouri's 4th congressional district
• State House District 125
• State Senate District 31

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com