Waterloo Township, Lyon County, Kansas

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Waterloo Township is a township in Lyon County, Kansas, United States.

A township in the United States is a small geographic area.

Lyon County, Kansas County in the United States

Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 33,690. The county seat and largest city is Emporia. The county was named for General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in the Civil War.

Kansas State of the United States of America

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along it banks. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.

History

Waterloo Township was originally called Kanzas Center Township [sic], and under the latter name was established in 1857. It was renamed Waterloo Township in 1859. [1]

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References

  1. French, Laura M. (1929). History of Emporia and Lyon County, Kansas. Heritage Books. p. 13.

Coordinates: 38°41′18″N96°00′30″W / 38.6883°N 96.0083°W / 38.6883; -96.0083

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