Cape Girardeau Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Cape Girardeau Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Missouri
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cape Girardeau
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area_total_km2 = 182.5
area_land_km2 = 173.73
area_water_km2 = 8.77
area_total_sq_mi = 70.46
area_land_sq_mi = 67.08
area_water_sq_mi = 3.39
area_water_percent = 4.81

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 37778
population_density_km2 = 217.5
population_density_sq_mi = 563.2

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elevation_m = 119
elevation_ft = 390
latd = 37
latm = 18
lats = 46
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longd = 089
longm = 32
longs = 25
longEW = W

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blank_info = 29-11260GR|2
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Cape Girardeau Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 37,778.

Geography

Cape Girardeau Township covers an area of 70.46 square miles and contains one incorporated settlement, Cape Girardeau. It contains fifteen cemeteries: County Memorial Park, Davis, Fairmon, Hitt, Hitt, Hitt, Lorimier, McGuire, Mount Auburn, Nunn, Old Hanover, Saint Marys, Salem, Shady Grove and Suedekum.

The streams of Cape La Croix Creek, Flora Creek, Juden Creek, Ramsey Branch, Randol Creek, Ranney Creek, Scism Creek and Sloan Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Cape Girardeau Township contains two airports or landing strips: Saint Francis Hospital Heliport and Southeast Missouri Hospital Heliport.

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/missouri.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Cape-Girardeau-Cape-Girardeau-MO.html City-Data.com]