Flat Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

36°40′42″N 093°51′43″W / 36.67833°N 93.86194°W / 36.67833; -93.86194CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyBarryArea

• Total53.31 sq mi (138.07 km²) • Land53.3 sq mi (138.05 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²) 0.01%Elevation

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1,355 ft (413 m)Population

(2000)

• Total5,462 • Density102.5/sq mi (39.6/km²)FIPS code29-24436^[2]GNIS feature ID0766255

Flat Creek Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,462.

Flat Creek was organized in 1844, taking its name from Flat Creek.^[3]

Geography

Flat Creek Township covers an area of 53.31 square miles (138.1 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Cassville (the county seat). It contains six cemeteries: Corinth, Horner, Oak Hill, Pilant, Quaker and Russell.

Transportation

Flat Creek Township contains one airport or landing strip, Cassville Municipal Airport.

Notable people

Don Johnson – actor, producer, director, singer and songwriter.
Curtis F. Marbut – director of the Soil Survey Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)