Round Prairie Township, Callaway County, Missouri

Round Prairie Township
Township
Coordinates: 38°49′19″N 092°04′46″W / 38.82194°N 92.07944°W / 38.82194; -92.07944Coordinates: 38°49′19″N 092°04′46″W / 38.82194°N 92.07944°W / 38.82194; -92.07944
Country United States
State Missouri
County Callaway
Area
 • Total 34.48 sq mi (89.31 km2)
 • Land 34.36 sq mi (89 km2)
 • Water 0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2)  0.34%
Elevation[1] 860 ft (262 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,038
 • Density 30/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code 29-63362[2]
GNIS feature ID 0766383

Round Prairie Township is one of eighteen townships in Callaway County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1038.[3]

Geography

Round Prairie Township covers an area of 34.48 square miles (89.3 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements, although it contains the unincorporated settlements of Carrington, near the headwaters of the Missouri River tributary Middle River, and Boydsville, near another Missouri River tributary (Cedar Creek) bordering Boone County. It contains four cemeteries: Boydsville, Hundley, Millers Creek and Paris Fork; as well as the streams of Davis Creek, Millers Creek and Smith Creek also run through this township.

A detailed historic map of Round Prairie township in 1930, for historical and genelogical research, can be found on the last page of the atlas posted at:

Further historical maps and texts describing historic township boundaries are posted in the bibliography of the article on Callaway County, Missouri. Created in 1821, its size was reduced by about 1/3 with the creation of Guthrie Township from its southernmost area sometime between 1867 and 1919.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Round Prairie township, Callaway County, Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2. Retrieved October 31, 2011.


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