Byrd Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Byrd 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 = Cape Girardeau
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area_total_km2 = 162.23
area_land_km2 = 162.2
area_water_km2 = 0.04
area_total_sq_mi = 62.64
area_land_sq_mi = 62.62
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
area_water_percent = 0.02

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 15693
population_density_km2 = 96.8
population_density_sq_mi = 250.6

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 131
elevation_ft = 430
latd = 37
latm = 23
lats = 28
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longd = 089
longm = 40
longs = 02
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-10234GR|2
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Byrd Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 15,693.

Geography

Byrd Township covers an area of 62.64 square miles and contains one incorporated settlement, Jackson (the county seat). It contains ten cemeteries: Byrd, Herzinger, Horrell, Howard, Mogler, Ramsey, Russell, Russell Heights, Slinkerd and Walker.

The streams of Cane Creek, Goose Creek, Helderman Creek and Horrell 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/Byrd-Cape-Girardeau-MO.html City-Data.com]