Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas

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Mount Pleasant Township
Township
Map highlighting Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas.svg
Location in Atchison County
Coordinates: 39°28′05″N095°10′31″W / 39.46806°N 95.17528°W / 39.46806; -95.17528
Country United States
State Kansas
County Atchison
Area
 • Total
47.74 sq mi (123.64 km2)
 • Land47.71 sq mi (123.56 km2)
 • Water0.035 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.07%
Elevation
1,040 ft (317 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
864
 • Density18/sq mi (7/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0473489

Mount Pleasant Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 864. [1]

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History

Mount Pleasant Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County. [2]

Geography

Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 47.7 square miles (123.6 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Fairview and Round Mound.

The streams of Camp Creek, Crooked Creek and Spring Creek run through this township.

References

  1. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Pleasant township, Atchison County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ingalls, Sheffield (1916). History of Atchison County, Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  64.


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