Whitewater Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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Whitewater Township
Coordinates: 37°27′10″N 089°48′16″W / 37.45278, -89.80444
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Cape Girardeau
Area
- Total	36.5 sq mi (94.54 km²)
- Land	36.45 sq mi (94.41 km²)
- Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km²)  0.14%
Elevation [1]	443 ft (135 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,263
- Density	34.7/sq mi (13.4/km²)
FIPS code	29-79630[2]
GNIS feature ID	0766404

Whitewater Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,263.

[edit] Geography

Whitewater Township covers an area of 36.5 square miles and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains thirteen cemeteries: Baker, Estes, Gladish, Kurre, Mayfield, Miller, Old Caney Fork, Old Niswonger, Riehn, Schmidt, Snyder, Wilkinson and Wise.

The streams of Caney Fork, Crawford Creek, Dry Creek, Little Muddy Creek, Panther Creek, Sandy Branch and Wolf Creek run through this township.

[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

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