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Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Coordinates: 37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°W / 37.35639; -89.81389
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Kinder Township
Township
Coordinates: 37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°W / 37.35639; -89.81389
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyCape Girardeau
Area
 • Total
32.13 sq mi (83.23 km2)
 • Land32.1 sq mi (83.14 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.11%
Elevation
[1]
525 ft (160 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
999
 • Density31.1/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code29-38702[2]
GNIS feature ID0766399

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

History

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

Geography

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

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  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 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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