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词条 Byrd Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
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  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. References

  4. External links

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Byrd Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 15,693.

History

Byrd Township was founded in 1807 as one of the original five townships of Cape Girardeau County.[3] The township has the name of Abraham Byrd, a county commissioner.[4]

Geography

Byrd Township covers an area of {{convert|62.64|sqmi|km2}} and contains one incorporated settlement, Jackson (the county seat). It contains ten cemeteries: Byrd, Herzinger, Horrell, Howard, Mogler, Ramsey, Russell, Russell Heights, Slinkerd and Walker.

The streams of Cane Creek, Goose Creek, Helderman Creek and Horrell Creek run through this township.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=2013-09-11 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA163#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | year=1912 | pages=163}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html |title=Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=10 September 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071746/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 |df= }}
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205061611/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/missouri.html US-Counties.com]
  • City-Data.com
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3 : Townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau – Jackson metropolitan area|Townships in Missouri

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