Grant Township, Caldwell County, Missouri

Township in the US state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

39°33′36″N 094°02′26″W / 39.56000°N 94.04056°W / 39.56000; -94.04056CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyCaldwellArea

• Total36.15 sq mi (93.62 km²) • Land36.15 sq mi (93.62 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%Elevation

^[1]

988 ft (301 m)Population

(2000)

• Total1,224 • Density33.9/sq mi (13.1/km²)FIPS code29-28396^[2]GNIS feature ID0766362^[1]

Grant Township is one of twelve townships in Caldwell County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area with the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,224.

Grant Township was established in 1870, and named after Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States.^[3]

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 36.15 square miles (93.6 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Polo. It contains five cemeteries: Dixon, Dunkard, Estes, Wiley and Zimmerman.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grant Township, Caldwell County, Missouri
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Caldwell County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)