Washington Township, Anderson County, Kansas

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Washington Township
Township
Map highlighting Washington Township, Anderson County, Kansas.svg
Location in Anderson County
Coordinates: 38°13′40″N095°18′21″W / 38.22778°N 95.30583°W / 38.22778; -95.30583
Country United States
State Kansas
County Anderson
Area
 • Total
36.0 sq mi (93.2 km2)
 • Land35.3 sq mi (91.4 km2)
 • Water0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2)  1.96%
Elevation
1,093 ft (333 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
272
 • Density8/sq mi (3.0/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0477666

Washington Township is a township in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 272. [1]

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History

Washington Township was established in 1857. [2]

Geography

Washington Township covers an area of 36.0 square miles (93.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Baptist, Horn, Hyatt, Mont Ida and Springfield.

The streams of Bradshaw Creek and Skunk Branch run through this township.

Communities

It contains the census-designated place of Mont Ida.

References

  1. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Washington township, Anderson County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Johnson, William A. (1877). The History of Anderson County, Kansas, from Its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876. Kauffman & Iler. pp.  274.


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