Walker Township, Anderson County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

38°22′10″N 095°06′41″W / 38.36944°N 95.11139°W / 38.36944; -95.11139CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyAndersonArea

• Total45.3 sq mi (117.3 km²) • Land44.9 sq mi (116.4 km²) • Water0.3 sq mi (0.9 km²) 0.79%Elevation

909 ft (277 m)Population

(2010)

• Total668 • Density15/sq mi (5.7/km²)GNIS feature ID0477612

Walker Township is a township in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 668.^[1]

History

Walker Township was established in 1857. It was named for Robert J. Walker, fourth Territorial Governor of Kansas.^[2]

Geography

Walker Township covers an area of 45.3 square miles (117.3 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Greeley. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Saint John and Sutton Valley.

The stream of South Fork Pottawatomie Creek runs through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Walker township, Anderson County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
^ Johnson, William A. (1877). The History of Anderson County, Kansas, from Its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876. Kauffman & Iler. pp. 245–246.