Kinder Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Township in the US state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

37°21′23″N 089°48′50″W / 37.35639°N 89.81389°W / 37.35639; -89.81389CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCounty Cape GirardeauArea

• Total32.13 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)

• Total999 • 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

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ 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.
^ "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)