Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Township in the US state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

Kinder Township

Township

Coordinates: 37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W﻿ / ﻿37.35639°N 89.81389°W﻿ / 37.35639; -89.81389
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Cape Girardeau
Area

• Total

| 32.13 sq mi (83.23 km2)
• Land| 32.1 sq mi (83.14 km2)
• Water| 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.11%
Elevation

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| 525 ft (160 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 999
• Density| 31.1/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code| 29-38702[2]
GNIS feature ID| 0766399

Kinder Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 999.

## History

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Kinder Township was founded in 1872.[3] The township has the name of the Kinder family, early settlers.[4]

## Geography

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Kinder Township covers an area of 32.13 square miles (83.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. Known cemeteries include Allen, Braugkmann, Calvary, Cauvey, Deck, Fairview, Gravel Hill 1, Gravel Hill 2, Haynes Chapel, Heuer 2/Foster/Huey, Krueger, McGuire/Helderman, Proffer 2, Proffer 3, Reineke, Schatte, Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran, Stausing.

The streams of Byrd Creek, Dillard Creek, Little Whitewater Creek, McGuire Branch and Schroder Branch run through this township.

## References

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1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. ^ History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. p. 163.
4. ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

* USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

## External links

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

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Municipalities and communities of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Jackson

Cities|

* Cape Girardeau‡
* Delta
* Jackson
* Scott City‡

Map of Missouri highlighting Cape Girardeau County

Villages|

* Allenville
* Gordonville
* Oak Ridge
* Old Appleton‡
* Pocahontas
* Whitewater

Townships|

* Apple Creek
* Byrd
* Cape Girardeau
* Hubble
* Kinder
* Liberty
* Randol
* Shawnee
* Welch
* Whitewater

CDPs|

* Burfordville
* Dutchtown
* Millersville
* New Wells
* Shawneetown

Other
communities|

* Arbor
* Arnsberg
* Bainbridge
* Blomeyer
* Crump
* Daisy
* Dissen
* Egypt Mills
* Friedheim
* Fruitland
* Gravel Hill
* Hickory Ridge
* Hilderbrand
* Hines Landing
* Houck
* Kurreville
* Leemon
* Moccasin Springs
* Neely's Landing
* Oriole
* Randles
* Rum Branch
* Tilsit

Ghost towns|

* Lovejoy
* Stroderville

Footnotes|

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

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