Official Name: | Epps Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Butler |
Area Total Km2: | 139.45 |
Area Land Km2: | 139.31 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 53.84 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 53.79 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 3171 |
Population Density Km2: | 18.6 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 48.3 |
Elevation M: | 142 |
Coordinates: | 36.8106°N -90.5519°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-22492[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766353 |
Epps Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,171.
Epps Township was established in 1850, and named after Obadiah Epps, an early settler.[2]
Epps Township covers an area of 53.84sqmi and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains three cemeteries: Houts, Kearbey (Kearbey Chapel Cemetery) and Sparkman.
The streams of Beehole Branch, Camp Branch, Crooked Branch, Goose Creek, Harmon Branch, Hurricane Creek, Procter Branch and Ten Mile Creek run through this township.