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. It contains six cemeteries: Allen, Calvary, Criddle, Deck, Gravel Hill and McGuire.

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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