Mirabile Township, Caldwell County, Missouri

Township in the US state of Missouri

Township in Missouri, United States

39°39′52″N 094°08′05″W / 39.66444°N 94.13472°W / 39.66444; -94.13472CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyCaldwellArea

• Total35.82 sq mi (92.77 km²) • Land35.76 sq mi (92.62 km²) • Water0.06 sq mi (0.16 km²) 0.17%Elevation

^[1]

948 ft (289 m)Population

(2000)

• Total362 • Density10.1/sq mi (3.9/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

64671

Area code660FIPS code29-48872^[2]GNIS feature ID0766367^[1]

Mirabile Township is one of twelve townships in Caldwell County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area with the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 362. Mirabile is also the name of the school district.

History

Mirabile is derived from a Latin word meaning "wonderful".^[3]

Geography

Mirabile Township covers an area of 35.82 square miles (92.8 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains three cemeteries: Hill, Morris and Paxton.

The streams of Brushy Creek, Plum Creek, Sheep Creek and Willow Branch run through this township.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mirabile Township, Caldwell County, Missouri
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 266.