title: Lone Oak Township, Bates County, Missouri
text: # Lone Oak Township, Bates County, Missouri
  
  Lone Oak 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 293.
  
  The township takes its name from Lone Oak Branch creek.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the United States Census Bureau, Lone Oak Township covers an area of 35.96 square miles (93.15 square kilometers); of this, 35.94 square miles (93.08 square kilometers, 99.92 percent) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.07 square kilometers, 0.08 percent) is water.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Athol at 38°10′21″N 94°22′44″W﻿ / ﻿38.172527°N 94.37884°W﻿ / 38.172527; -94.37884
  * Monteith Junction at 38°12′51″N 94°22′01″W﻿ / ﻿38.214192°N 94.366896°W﻿ / 38.214192; -94.366896
  * Peru at 38°10′57″N 94°17′31″W﻿ / ﻿38.182527°N 94.291894°W﻿ / 38.182527; -94.291894
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Mount Pleasant Township (north)
  * Summit Township (northeast)
  * Pleasant Gap Township (east)
  * Prairie Township (southeast)
  * Osage Township (southwest)
  * New Home Township (west)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains Fairview Cemetery.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * U.S. Route 71
  * Missouri Route 52
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Butler R-V School District
  * Rich Hill R-IV
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Missouri's 4th congressional district
  * State House District 125
  * State Senate District 31
  