Homer Township, Bates County, Missouri

Homer Township
—  Township  —
Location in Bates County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Bates
Area
• Total	34.71 sq mi (89.9 km2)
• Land	34.42 sq mi (89.16 km2)
• Water	0.28 sq mi (0.74 km2)  0.82%
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	449
• Density	13/sq mi (5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	64722, 64723, 64730, 64752, 64779
GNIS feature ID	0766295

Homer Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 449.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities, towns, villages 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Major highways 2 School districts 3 Political districts 4 References 5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Homer Township covers an area of 34.71 square miles (89.9 square kilometers); of this, 34.42 square miles (89.16 square kilometers, 99.18 percent) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.74 square kilometers, 0.82 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Amoret

Unincorporated towns

• Mulberry at

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• West Point Township (north)
• Elkhart Township (northeast)
• Charlotte Township (east)
• Walnut Township (south)
• Potosi Township, Linn County, Kansas (southwest)
• Valley Township, Linn County, Kansas (west)
• Lincoln Township, Linn County, Kansas (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Benjamin and Jackson.

Major highways

• Missouri Route 52

School districts

• Hume R-VIII
• Miami R-I

Political districts

• Missouri's 4th congressional district
• State House District 125
• State Senate District 31

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com

	Lincoln Township, Linn County, Kansas	West Point Township	Elkhart Township
	Valley Township, Linn County, Kansas		Charlotte Township
		Homer Township
	Potosi Township, Linn County, Kansas	Walnut Township

Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, USA County seat: Butler Cities Adrian Amoret Amsterdam Butler Drexel‡ Hume Rich Hill Rockville Villages Foster Merwin Passaic Townships Charlotte Deepwater Deer Creek East Boone Elkhart Grand River Homer Howard Hudson Lone Oak Mingo Mound Mount Pleasant New Home Osage Pleasant Gap Prairie Rockville Shawnee Spruce Summit Walnut West Boone West Point Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties