Platte Township, Buchanan County, Missouri

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Platte Township
Coordinates: 39°35′44″N 094°38′58″W / 39.59556, -94.64944
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Buchanan
Area
- Total	30.77 sq mi (79.69 km²)
- Land	30.76 sq mi (79.66 km²)
- Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)  0.04%
Elevation [1]	899 ft (274 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	416
- Density	13.5/sq mi (5.2/km²)
FIPS code	29-58124[2]
GNIS feature ID	0766343

Platte Township is one of twelve townships in Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 416.

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

[edit] External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com

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