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A township of 255 people in Bates County, Missouri
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Township in the US state of Missouri
255Population
35.9 sq miArea
935 ftElevation

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.

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Bates County Memorial HospitalButler · 6.2 mi · ER
Compass Health Bates County Dental ClinicButler · 5.4 mi · sliding-scale fees
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