West Boone Township, Bates County, Missouri

West Boone Township
—  Township  —
Location in Bates County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Bates
Area
• Total	30.24 sq mi (78.33 km2)
• Land	30.06 sq mi (77.86 km2)
• Water	0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2)  0.6%
Elevation	892 ft (272 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	582
• Density	19.4/sq mi (7.5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	64723, 64742
GNIS feature ID	0766311

West Boone Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 582.^[1]

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

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, West Boone Township covers an area of 30.24 square miles (78.33 square kilometers); of this, 30.06 square miles (77.86 square kilometers, 99.4 percent) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 square kilometers, 0.6 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Drexel (south edge)
• Merwin

Unincorporated towns

• South Drexel at

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

Adjacent townships

• Coldwater Township, Cass County (north)
• Everett Township, Cass County (northeast)
• East Boone Township (east)
• Elkhart Township (southeast)
• West Point Township (south)
• Sugar Creek Township, Miami County, Kansas (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains Edgewood Cemetery.

Airports and landing strips

• Arvin Ranch Airport

School districts

• Drexel R-IV
• Miami R-I

Political districts

• Missouri's 4th congressional district
• State House District 120
• 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

		Coldwater Township, Cass County	Everett Township, Cass County
	Sugar Creek Township, Miami County, Kansas		East Boone Township
		West Boone Township
		West Point Township	Elkhart 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