Elkhart Township, Bates County, Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

38°20′24″N 94°26′46″W / 38.34000°N 94.44611°W / 38.34000; -94.44611Country

United StatesState

MissouriCountyBatesArea

• Total35.54 sq mi (92.05 km²) • Land35.45 sq mi (91.83 km²) • Water0.09 sq mi (0.22 km²) 0.24%Elevation

853 ft (260 m)Population

(2000)

• Total304 • Density8.6/sq mi (3.3/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

64720, 64722, 64723, 64730

GNIS feature ID0766293

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

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

Geography

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Howell and Scott.

School districts

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

Political districts

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

References

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

^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved May 17, 2009.
^ "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)
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 285.