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A township of 382 people in Bates County, Missouri
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Township in the US state of Missouri
382Population
34.7 sq miArea
794 ftElevation

Homer 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 449.

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Bates County Memorial HospitalButler · 12 mi · ER
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas/PleasantonPleasanton · 9.3 mi · sliding-scale fees
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CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP codes 64722, 64723, 64730 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Homer →
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Missouri · MO · Bates County
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