Marion Township, Douglas County, Kansas

Marion Township
Marion Township
	Township
	Globe Glass Works in Globe (2009).
	Location in Douglas County
	Coordinates: 38°48′20″N095°25′41″W / 38.80556°N 95.42806°W Coordinates: 38°48′20″N095°25′41″W / 38.80556°N 95.42806°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Douglas
Area
• Total	71.93 sq mi (186.29 km2)
• Land	71.55 sq mi (185.32 km2)
• Water	0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) 0.52%
Elevation	1,099 ft (335 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	836
• Density	11.7/sq mi (4.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0479476

Last updated April 22, 2019

Marion Township is a township in Douglas County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 836. It was named after the former town of Marion which in turn was named after Francis Marion.

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships.

Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 110,826, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence.

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.

Geography

Marion Township covers an area of 71.93 square miles (186.3 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Appanoose, Colyer, Dodder, Rock Creek and Twin Mound.

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Adjacent townships

Clinton Township, Douglas County (north)
Willow Springs, Douglas County (east)
Centropolis Township, Franklin County (southeast)
Appanoose Township, Franklin County (south)
Junction Township, Osage County (southwest)
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Towns and settlements

Although these towns may not be incorporated or populated, they are still placed on maps produced by the county.

Globe is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located along U.S. Highway 56 in Marion Township. To the west of Globe is the Simmons Point Station.

Lone Star is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Lawrence.

Twin Mound was a townsite in western Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It was named for two natural mounds that rise gently from the landscape.

Transportation

Major highways

U.S. Highway 56

Places of interest

Lone Star Lake, about four and half miles south of Clinton Lake offers boating, fishing, camping and swimming during certain times of the year.
Simmons Point Station, an old stone house along the Santa Fe Trail that used to be a resting place and way station.^[1]
Townsite of Marion. Located along U.S. Highway 56, the town was named for Francis Marion and was known as both Marion and Globe.
Townsite of Baden, located one mile (1.6 km) east of the Osage county line.
Twin Mound School, one of the best preserved one-room schoolhouses in the county and the last one to be consolidated in 1966.

Clinton Lake is a reservoir on the southwestern edge of Lawrence, Kansas. The lake was created by the construction of the Clinton Dam, and the 35 square miles (91 km²) of land and water is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Simmons Point Station is the name of a house near the unincorporated settlement of Globe in Marion Township, Douglas County, Kansas. The building was constructed in the 1880s as a way station for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. Today, it is in an advanced state of deterioration and nearing collapse.

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1821 by William Becknell, who departed from the Boonslick region along the Missouri River, the trail served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880. Santa Fe was near the end of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, which carried trade from Mexico City.

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References

↑ Knox, Ron (May 14, 2006). "Time is Running Out for Historic Structure". Lawrence Journal-World . Retrieved January 28, 2018.

"Township of Marion". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. 13 October 1978. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

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[1] Knox, Ron (May 14, 2006). "Time is Running Out for Historic Structure". Lawrence Journal-World . Retrieved January 28, 2018.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Lawrence
Cities	Baldwin City Eudora Lawrence Lecompton	Map of Kansas highlighting Douglas County
Unincorporated communities	Big Springs Black Jack Clearfield Clinton Globe Grover Hesper Kanwaka Lake View Lone Star Midland Pleasant Grove Sibleyville Stull Vinland Weaver Worden
Ghost towns	Belvoir Franklin Lapeer Louisiana Media Prairie City Twin Mound
Townships	Clinton Eudora Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion Palmyra Wakarusa Willow Springs