West Fulton Township, Callaway County, Missouri

Township in the American state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

West Fulton Township

Township

Coordinates: 38°51′07″N 091°58′00″W﻿ / ﻿38.85194°N 91.96667°W﻿ / 38.85194; -91.96667
Country| United States
State| Missouri
County| Callaway
Area

• Total

| 25.47 sq mi (65.96 km2)
• Land| 25.31 sq mi (65.56 km2)
• Water| 0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2)  0.59%
Elevation

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| 827 ft (252 m)
Population

(2010)

• Total

| 7,269
• Density| 290/sq mi (110/km2)
FIPS code| 29-78766[2]
GNIS feature ID| 0766387

West Fulton Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,269.[3]

## History

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West Fulton Township was formed from a western section of historic Fulton Township in the 2000s. The remainder of Fulton Township was later renamed East Fulton Township. For a history of the unified Fulton Township, see East Fulton Township.

## Geography

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West Fulton Township covers an area of 25.47 square miles (66.0 km2) and contains the west portion of the city of Fulton (the county seat). It contains two cemeteries: Callaway Memorial Gardens and Wright.

## Transportation

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West Fulton Township contains one airport or landing strip, Fulton Municipal Airport.

## 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. ^ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), West Fulton township, Callaway County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

* 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 Callaway County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Fulton

Cities|

* Auxvasse
* Fulton
* Holts Summit
* Jefferson City‡
* Mokane
* New Bloomfield

Map of Missouri highlighting Callaway County

Village|

* Kingdom City

Townships|

* Auxvasse
* Bourbon
* Caldwell
* Calwood
* Cedar
* Cleveland
* Cote Sans Dessein
* East Fulton
* Guthrie
* Jackson
* Liberty
* McCredie
* Nine Mile Prairie
* Round Prairie
* St. Aubert
* Shamrock
* Summit
* West Fulton

CDP|

* Tebbetts

Other
communities|

* Bachelor
* Boydsville
* Callaway
* Calwood
* Carrington
* Cedar City
* Concord
* Dixie
* Earl
* Folsom
* Guthrie
* Hams Prairie
* Hatton
* Hereford
* Millersburg
* Portland
* Readsville
* Reform
* Shamrock
* Steedman
* Stephens
* Toledo
* Wainwright
* Williamsburg
* Youngers
* Yucatan

Ghost towns|

* Cote Sans Dessein
* Garrett

Footnotes|

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

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