Lorance Township, Bollinger County, Missouri

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Lorance Township
Coordinates: 37°17′54″N 089°58′55″W / 37.29833, -89.98194
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Bollinger
Area
- Total	104.05 sq mi (269.48 km²)
- Land	103.9 sq mi (269.1 km²)
- Water	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km²)  0.14%
Elevation [1]	466 ft (142 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	4,406
- Density	42.4/sq mi (16.4/km²)
FIPS code	29-44084[2]
GNIS feature ID	0766324

Lorance Township is one of eight townships in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,406.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Transportation 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Geography

Lorance Township covers an area of 104.05 square miles and contains two incorporated settlements: Glen Allen and Marble Hill. It contains nineteen cemeteries: Bailey, Baker, Barks, Buehler, County Memorial Park, Crader, Deck, Deck, Dry Creek, Eaker, Ebenezer, Hahn, Lessley, Myers, Myers, Perkins, Saint Johns, Shell and Shelton.

The streams of Bear Branch, Cedar Branch, Chicken Branch, Dockins Branch, Drunken Creek, Farmer Branch, Gimlet Creek, Hurricane Creek, Limbaugh Branch, Little Blue Branch, Little Crooked Creek, Little Dry Creek, Opossum Creek, Sunny Brook and Turkey Branch run through this township.

[edit] Transportation

Lorance Township contains one airport or landing strip, Twin City Airpark.

[edit] References

1. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

[edit] External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Bollinger County, Missouri County seat: Marble Hill City Marble Hill Villages Glen Allen | Sedgewickville | Zalma Townships Crooked Creek | Filmore | Liberty | Lorance | Scopus | Union | Wayne | Whitewater Unincorporated communities Arab | Gipsy | Grassy | Leopold | Patton | Sturdivant