Saline_Township,_Cooper_County,_Missouri Knowpia

Saline Township
Saline Township
Township
	Location in Cooper County
	Coordinates: 38°54′22″N 92°34′22″W / 38.90611°N 92.57278°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Cooper
Area
• Total	47.94 sq mi (124.16 km2)
• Land	46.71 sq mi (120.98 km2)
• Water	1.23 sq mi (3.18 km2) 2.56%
Elevation	581 ft (177 m)
Population (2010)https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk
• Total	840
• Density	18.2/sq mi (7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	65068, 65233, 65287
GNIS feature ID	0766538

Saline Township is one of fourteen townships in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 687.^[1]

Saline Township most likely takes its name from Petite Saline Creek.^[2]

Geography edit

According to the United States Census Bureau, Saline Township covers an area of 47.94 square miles (124.16 square kilometers); of this, 46.71 square miles (120.98 square kilometers, 97.44 percent) is land and 1.23 square miles (3.18 square kilometers, 2.56 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages edit

Wooldridge

Unincorporated towns edit

Overton at 38°56′52″N 92°34′35″W / 38.947811°N 92.576296°W / 38.947811; -92.576296
Pleasant Grove at 38°52′07″N 92°33′07″W / 38.868643°N 92.551854°W / 38.868643; -92.551854

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

Adjacent townships edit

Moniteau Township, Howard County (north)
Katy Township, Boone County (northeast)
Linn Township, Moniteau County (southeast)
Prairie Home Township (south)
Clark Fork Township (southwest)
Boonville Township (west)

Major highways edit

School districts edit

Boonville School District
Prairie Home R-V School District

Political districts edit

Missouri's 6th congressional district
State House District 117
State Senate District 21

References edit

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States National Atlas

^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved May 13, 2009.
^ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)