Platte Township, Buchanan County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Platte Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Missouri
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Buchanan
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area_total_km2 = 79.69
area_land_km2 = 79.66
area_water_km2 = 0.03
area_total_sq_mi = 30.77
area_land_sq_mi = 30.76
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
area_water_percent = 0.04

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 416
population_density_km2 = 5.2
population_density_sq_mi = 13.5

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 274
elevation_ft = 899
latd = 39
latm = 35
lats = 44
latNS = N
longd = 094
longm = 38
longs = 58
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-58124GR|2
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Platte Township is one of twelve townships in Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 416.

Geography

Platte Township covers an area of 30.77 square miles and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains six cemeteries: Allen, Frazier, Hebron, Number 6, Tobin and Witts.

The streams of Belcher Branch, Castile Creek, Crabapple Branch, DeMoss Branch, Frazier Branch, Jenkins Branch, Malden Creek and Wolfpen Creek run through this township.

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/missouri.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Platte-Buchanan-MO.html City-Data.com]