Washington Township
Location in Anderson County
Location in Anderson County
Coordinates: 38°13′40″N 095°18′21″W / 38.22778°N 95.30583°W / 38.22778; -95.30583
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyAnderson
Area
  Total36.0 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)
  Total272
  Density8/sq mi (3.0/km2)
GNIS feature ID0477666

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

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.

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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