Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Shawnee 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 = 239.21
area_land_km2 = 234.05
area_water_km2 = 5.16
area_total_sq_mi = 92.36
area_land_sq_mi = 90.37
area_water_sq_mi = 1.99
area_water_percent = 2.16

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3460
population_density_km2 = 14.8
population_density_sq_mi = 38.3

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 170
elevation_ft = 558
latd = 37
latm = 30
lats = 54
latNS = N
longd = 089
longm = 36
longs = 51
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-67070GR|2
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Shawnee Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,460.

Geography

Shawnee Township covers an area of 92.36 square miles and contains one incorporated settlement, Pocahontas. It contains two cemeteries: Apple Creek and Darby.

The streams of Blue Shawnee Creek, Buckeye Creek, Duskin Creek, Flatrock Creek, Indian Creek, Little Indian Creek, Lovejoy Creek, Muddy Shawnee Creek, Neelys Creek, Opossum Creek, Shawnee Creek and Turkey 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/Shawnee-Cape-Girardeau-MO.html City-Data.com]