Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

Elkhart Township

Township

Location in Bates County

Coordinates: 38°20′24″N 94°26′46″W﻿ / ﻿38.34000°N 94.44611°W﻿ / 38.34000; -94.44611
Country|  United States
State|  Missouri
County| Bates
Area

• Total| 35.54 sq mi (92.05 km2)
• Land| 35.45 sq mi (91.83 km2)
• Water| 0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2)  0.24%
Elevation

| 853 ft (260 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total| 304
• Density| 8.6/sq mi (3.3/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

64720, 64722, 64723, 64730

GNIS feature ID| 0766293

Elkhart 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 304.[1]

## History

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Elkhart Township was established in the 1860s.[2] The name is a transfer from Elkhart, Indiana.[3]

## Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, Elkhart Township covers an area of 35.54 square miles (92.05 square kilometers); of this, 35.45 square miles (91.83 square kilometers, 99.76 percent) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.22 square kilometers, 0.24 percent) is water.

### Adjacent townships

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* East Boone Township (north)
* Deer Creek Township (northeast)
* Mound Township (east)
* Mount Pleasant Township (southeast)
* Charlotte Township (south)
* Homer Township (southwest)
* West Point Township (west)
* West Boone Township (northwest)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these two cemeteries: Howell and Scott.

## School districts

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* Adrian County R-III
* Butler R-V School District
* Miami R-I

## Political districts

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

## References

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

1. ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved May 17, 2009.
2. ^ "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.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 285.

## External links

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* US-Counties.com
* City-Data.com

Places adjacent to Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri

| West Boone Township | East Boone Township | Deer Creek Township

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West Point Township |

Elkhart Township

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Homer Township | Charlotte Township | Mount Pleasant Township

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Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Butler

Cities|

* Adrian
* Amoret
* Amsterdam
* Butler
* Drexel‡
* Hume
* Rich Hill
* Rockville

Map of Missouri highlighting Bates County

Villages|

* Foster
* Merwin
* Passaic

Townships|

* Charlotte
* Deepwater
* Deer Creek
* East Boone
* Elkhart
* Grand River
* Homer
* Howard
* Hudson
* Lone Oak
* Mingo
* Mound
* Mount Pleasant
* New Home
* Osage
* Pleasant Gap
* Prairie
* Rockville
* Shawnee
* Spruce
* Summit
* Walnut
* West Boone
* West Point

Unincorporated
communities|

* Altona
* Ballard
* Burdett
* Crescent Hill
* Hudson
* Johnstown
* Mayesburg
* New Home
* Nyhart
* Papinville
* Pleasant Gap
* Prairie City
* Sprague
* Spruce
* Virginia
* Worland

Ghost towns|

* Coleville
* Culver
* Peru
* Shobe
* Vinton

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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