Howard Township, Bates County, Missouri


Howard 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 552.
Howard Township has the name of territorial governor Benjamin Howard.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Howard Township covers an area of 37.17 square miles ; of this, 36.9 square miles is land and 0.27 square miles is water.

Cities, towns, villages