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{{Short description|Inactive township in the US state of Missouri}}
'''Van Buren Township''' is an inactive [[civil township|township]] in [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].<ref>{{GNIS|766805}}</ref>
Van Buren Township was established in 1837, taking its name from President [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jackson.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070750/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_jackson.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 June 2016 | title=Jackson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref>
The township included some of the least densely populated areas of Jackson county, including villages of Lone Jack, Cockrell, Hicks City, Sni Mills, and Tarsney. An atlas showing the townships of Jackson County in 1930 is on page 2 of:
* (Jackson County, circa 1930): http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm/ref/collection/moplatbooks/id/1537
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[[Category:Townships in Missouri]]
[[Category:Townships in Jackson County, Missouri]]
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