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
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
 • Total32.13 sq mi (83.23 km2)
 • Land32.1 sq mi (83.14 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.11%
Elevation525 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[edit]

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

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

  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)

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