Prairie Township, Bates County, Missouri
Prairie Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 153.
The township derives its name from the community of Prairie City, Missouri.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Prairie Township covers an area of 26.16 square miles ; of this, 25.88 square miles is land and 0.28 square miles is water.Unincorporated towns
- Papinville at
- Prairie City at
Adjacent townships
- Pleasant Gap Township
- Hudson Township
- Rockville Township
- Bacon Township, Vernon County
- Blue Mound Township, Vernon County
- Osage Township, Vernon County
- Osage Township
- Lone Oak Township
Lakes
- Carrico Lake
- Helem Lake
- Kineberger Lake
- Prairie Lake
School districts
- Rich Hill R-IV