title: Homer Township, Bates County, Missouri
text: # Homer Township, Bates County, Missouri
  
  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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the United States Census Bureau, Homer Township covers an area of 34.71 square miles (89.9 square kilometers); of this, 34.42 square miles (89.16 square kilometers, 99.18 percent) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.74 square kilometers, 0.82 percent) is water.
  
  ### Cities, towns, villages
  
  * Amoret
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Mulberry at 38°17′26″N 94°33′53″W﻿ / ﻿38.290578°N 94.564677°W﻿ / 38.290578; -94.564677
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * West Point Township (north)
  * Elkhart Township (northeast)
  * Charlotte Township (east)
  * Walnut Township (south)
  * Potosi Township, Linn County, Kansas (southwest)
  * Valley Township, Linn County, Kansas (west)
  * Lincoln Township, Linn County, Kansas (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these two cemeteries: Benjamin and Jackson.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Missouri Route 52
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Hume R-VIII
  * Miami R-I
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Missouri's 4th congressional district
  * State House District 125
  * State Senate District 31
  