Welch Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Inactive township in the US state of Missouri
Township in Missouri, United States
37°11′08″N 089°44′51″W / 37.18556°N 89.74750°W / 37.18556; -89.74750[1]
(2000)
Welch Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,344.
History
Welch Township was founded in 1856.[3] The township was named for M. Welch, a local judge.[4]
Geography
Welch Township covers an area of 59.55 square miles (154.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Delta. It contains two cemeteries: Hitt and Kenyon.
Round Pond (historical) is within this township.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. 1912. p. 163.
- ^ "Cape Girardeau County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Jackson
- Cape Girardeau‡
- Delta
- Jackson
- Scott City‡
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communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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