Official Name: | Liberty Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cape Girardeau |
Area Total Km2: | 66.26 |
Area Land Km2: | 65.63 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.62 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 25.58 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 25.34 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.94 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 483 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.4 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 19.1 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 124 |
Elevation Ft: | 407 |
Coordinates: | 37.2631°N -89.8389°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-42014[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0766400 |
Liberty Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 483.
Liberty Township was established in 1848, and named for the American principle of liberty.[3]
Liberty Township covers an area of 25.58sqmi and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains eight cemeteries: Borneman, Crump, Passover, Proffer, Proffer, Spivey, Stoder and Stroderville.
The streams of Gizzard Creek and Hog Creek run through this township.