PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MIRIAM T. TIMPLEDON, SUSAN F. MARSEKEN
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Prairie Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, USA.
As of the 2000 census, its population was 153.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Prairie Township covers an area of 26.16 square miles (67.77 square kilometers); of this, 25.88 square miles (67.04 square kilometers, 98.92 percent) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.73 square kilometers, 1.08 percent) is water.
Bates County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.
As of 2000, the population is 16,653.
Its county seat is Butler.
The county was organized in 1833 and named after Frederick Bates, the second governor of Missouri.
Bates is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
According to the U.S.
Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 851 square miles (2,205 km ), of which, 848 square miles (2,198 km ) of it is land and 3 square miles (8 km ) of it (0.34%) is water.
