Center Township | |
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 Location in Clark County | |
| Coordinates: 37°11′20″N099°48′41″W / 37.18889°N 99.81139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Clark |
| Area | |
| • Total | 204.56 sq mi (529.82 km2) |
| • Land | 203.93 sq mi (528.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.63 sq mi (1.64 km2) 0.31% |
| Elevation | 2,005 ft (611 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,097 |
| • Density | 5.4/sq mi (2.1/km2) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0470813 |
Center Township is a township in Clark County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,097.
The Cimarron Redoubt, an Army fortification built in 1870, is located along Clark Creek (Redoubt Creek) south of its confluence with the Cimarron River, [1] in southern Clark Township. [2]
Center Township covers an area of 204.56 square miles (529.8 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Ashland (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Saint Josephs and Highland.
The streams of Big Sandy Creek, Bullard Creek, Casino Creek, East Branch Bear Creek, Keiger Creek, Little Sandy Creek, Redhole Creek, Redoubt Creek, Spring Creek, Stink Creek and West Branch Bear Creek run through this township.
Center Township contains one airport or landing strip, Harold Krier Field.
Ashland is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 783.
The Sandy River is a 56-mile (90 km) tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. The Sandy joins the Columbia about 14 miles (23 km) upstream of Portland.
The Cimarron River extends 698 miles (1,123 km) across New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. The headwaters flow from Johnson Mesa west of Folsom in northeastern New Mexico. Much of the river's length lies in Oklahoma, where it either borders or passes through eleven counties. There are no major cities along its route. The river enters the Oklahoma Panhandle near Kenton, Oklahoma, crosses the corner of southeastern Colorado into Kansas, reenters the Oklahoma Panhandle, reenters Kansas, and finally returns to Oklahoma where it joins the Arkansas River at Keystone Reservoir west of Tulsa, Oklahoma, its only impoundment. The Cimarron drains a basin that encompasses about 18,927 square miles (49,020 km2).
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The Cimarron Redoubt was an improvised U.S. Army fortification south of the city of Ashland in Clark County, Kansas, United States. Built in 1870 near a major trade route's crossing of the Cimarron River, it was later used for a variety of civilian purposes, including a post office. Today, it lies abandoned amid farm fields in southern Center Township.
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