Pleasant Ridge Township, Barry County, Missouri

Pleasant Ridge Township
Township
Coordinates: 36°54′01″N 093°47′19″W / 36.90028°N 93.78861°W / 36.90028; -93.78861Coordinates: 36°54′01″N 093°47′19″W / 36.90028°N 93.78861°W / 36.90028; -93.78861
Country United States
State Missouri
County Barry
Area
  Total 19.34 sq mi (50.08 km2)
  Land 19.34 sq mi (50.08 km2)
  Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation[1] 1,480 ft (451 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 429
  Density 22.2/sq mi (8.6/km2)
FIPS code 29-58484[2]
GNIS feature ID 0766266

Pleasant Ridge Township is one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 429.

Pleasant Ridge Township was organized in 1887 and named for a ridge within its borders.[3]

Geography

Pleasant Ridge Township covers an area of 19.34 square miles (50.1 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains one cemetery, Calton.

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Barry County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 30 August 2016.


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