Lincoln Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census. [1]
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: [2]
It lies west of the county seat of Goodland. There are no cities in the township, although the unincorporated community of Ruleton lies in the center of the township. [3]
Intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flow through Lincoln Township. [3]
Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 24 travel east–west through Lincoln Township. A railroad line also travels east–west through Lincoln Township, just north of the interstate. [3]
Lincoln Township is currently inactive; [4] by Kansas law, when a township becomes inactive, its powers and duties revert to the county government. [5]