Lincoln Township, Butler County, Kansas

Lincoln Township
Butler County, Kansas
Lincoln Township; Butler County, Kansas
Township
	Location within Butler County
	Coordinates: 37°59′05″N096°52′06″W / 37.98472°N 96.86833°W Coordinates: 37°59′05″N096°52′06″W / 37.98472°N 96.86833°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Butler
Area
• Total	99.97 sq mi (258.92 km2)
• Land	99.33 sq mi (257.26 km2)
• Water	0.64 sq mi (1.66 km2) 0.64%
Elevation	1,391 ft (424 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	317
• Density	3.2/sq mi (1.2/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0474387
Website	County Website

Last updated March 20, 2023

Lincoln Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 317.

History

Lincoln Township was organized in 1879.^[1]

Geography

Lincoln Township covers an area of 99.97 square miles (258.9 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements.

Communities

The township contains the following settlements:

Unincorporated community of De Graff.

Education

Eden Christian School, Private Mennonite Grade School, approximately 3 miles south of Burns. Located at 38°02′25″N96°53′46″W / 38.040139°N 96.896199°W / 38.040139; -96.896199

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries:

Eden Mennonite Church Cemetery, located in Section 20 T23S R5E.^[2]^[3]
According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Baker and Ridgeway.

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References

↑ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 163.
↑ Marion County Cemetery List. Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Eden Mennonite Church; Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encycolopedia Online.

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[1] Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 163.

[CemeteryList-2] Marion County Cemetery List. Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Eden Mennonite Church; Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encycolopedia Online.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Kansas, United States
County seat: El Dorado
Cities	Andover Augusta Benton Cassoday Douglass Elbing El Dorado Latham Leon Potwin Rose Hill Towanda Whitewater	Map of Kansas highlighting Butler County
Unincorporated communities	Beaumont† Bois d'Arc Brainerd De Graff Gordon Haverhill Keighley Lorena Midian Pontiac Rosalia†
Ghost towns	Oil Hill Plum Grove Wingate
Townships	Augusta Benton Bloomington Bruno Chelsea Clay Clifford Douglass El Dorado Fairmount Fairview Glencoe Hickory Lincoln Little Walnut Logan Milton Murdock Pleasant Plum Grove Prospect Richland Rock Creek Rosalia Spring Sycamore Towanda Union Walnut
Footnotes	†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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