Prospect Township, Butler County, Kansas

Prospect Township
Butler County, Kansas
Prospect Township; Butler County, Kansas
	Township
	Location in Butler County
	Coordinates: 37°50′00″N096°41′36″W / 37.83333°N 96.69333°W Coordinates: 37°50′00″N096°41′36″W / 37.83333°N 96.69333°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Butler
Area
• Total	84.38 sq mi (218.54 km2)
• Land	78.3 sq mi (202.81 km2)
• Water	6.07 sq mi (15.73 km2) 7.2%
Elevation	1,421 ft (433 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,033
• Density	26/sq mi (10/km2)
Area code	620
GNIS feature ID	0474611

Last updated July 25, 2020

Prospect Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,033. It is where El Dorado Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, is located.

History

Prospect Township was organized in 1872.^[1]

Geography

Prospect Township covers an area of 84.38 square miles (218.5 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Economy, Foster, Pontiac and Sherman.^{[ citation needed ]} The streams of Bemis Creek, Bird Creek, Harrison Creek, Lower Branch, Satchel Creek, Shady Creek and Upper Branch run through this township.^{[ citation needed ]}

Transportation

Prospect Township contains one airport or landing strip, Patty Field.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 191.

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External links

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[1] Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 191.

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 populated place is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau, ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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