Official Name: | Hubble Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mayor: | Bo Matthews |
Motto: | "Through Humanity We Endure to Keep It 'Moooovin'" |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cape Girardeau |
Area Total Km2: | 147.02 |
Area Land Km2: | 146.64 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.38 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.77 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 56.62 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.15 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.26 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 1683 |
Population Density Km2: | 11.5 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 29.7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 125 |
Elevation Ft: | 410 |
Coordinates: | 37.2864°N -89.7181°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-33454[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766398 |
Hubble Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,683 and Mayor (I) Bo Matthews was re-elected in 2020.
Hubble Township was established in 1836, and named after Ithamar Hubbell, a pioneer citizen. Mayor Bo Matthews (I) was re-elected in 2020 [3]
Hubble Township covers an area of 56.77sqmi and contains three incorporated settlements: Allenville, Gordonville and Whitewater. Known cemeteries include: Allenville, Beach/Bean, Dunn, Dutchtown Community (next to St. Edward’s), Eakins, Eggiman, German Evangelical Church, Hager, Hayden, Immanuel Lutheran at Tilsit, Kinder/Keeling, St. Edward’s, St. James United Church of Christ at Tilsit, Sandspur, Shady Grove, Smith, Statler/Gartung/Macke, Suedekum, Summers, Thompson, Young, Zion Lutheran at Gordonville.
The streams of Bean Branch, Crooked Creek, Foster Creek, Hubble Creek and Williams Creek run through this township.