Neely Township, Butler County, Missouri

Township in the U.S. state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

36°33′47″N 090°31′06″W / 36.56306°N 90.51833°W / 36.56306; -90.51833CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyButlerArea

• Total59.9 sq mi (155.15 km²) • Land59.86 sq mi (155.05 km²) • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²) 0.06%Elevation

^[1]

305 ft (93 m)Population

(2010)

• Total1,126 • Density21/sq mi (8.1/km²)FIPS code29-51392^[2]GNIS feature ID0766355^[1]

Neely Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,126.^[3]

Neely Township was organized in 1871, and named after Obadiah Neely, an early citizen.^[4]

Geography

Neely Township covers an area of 59.9 square miles (155 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Neelyville. It contains seven cemeteries: Crab, Harris Ridge, Lutz, Neeleyville, Roberts, Sheely and Sims.

The streams of Big Cane Creek, Cane Creek, Cope Branch, Fox Branch and Gaines Slough run through this township.

Transportation

Neely Township contains one airport or landing strip: Wattle Landing Strip.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Neely Township, Butler County, Missouri
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ U.S. Census Bureau (September 2012). "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts, Missouri" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016.
^ "Butler County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)