Summit Township, Bates County, Missouri


Summit 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 317.
Summit Township was so named on account of the relatively elevated prairies within its borders.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Summit Township covers an area of 35.89 square miles ; of this, 35.84 square miles is land and 0.05 square miles is water.

Adjacent townships

The township contains these two cemeteries: Elizabeth Chapel and Glass.

School districts