Official Name: | Cuivre Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Audrain |
Area Total Km2: | 291.54 |
Area Land Km2: | 289.70 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.84 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.63 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 5125 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 233 |
Elevation Ft: | 764 |
Coordinates: | 39.2967°N -91.5028°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-17686[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766241 |
Cuivre Township is one of eight townships in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,125.[3]
Cuivre Township takes its name from Cuivre Creek.[4]
Cuivre Township covers an area of 291.5km2 and contains two incorporated settlements: Farber and Vandalia. It contains five cemeteries: Edwards, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Farber, Fike and Payne.
The streams of Bear Slough, Hickory Creek and Lost Creek run through this township.
Cuivre Township contained one airport or landing strip, Vandalia Airpark, which has since been plowed and used for farmland by the owner.