Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States
39°40′19″N 095°05′01″W / 39.67194°N 95.08361°W / 39.67194; -95.08361CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyDoniphanArea
 • Total35.88 sq mi (92.92 km2) • Land35.61 sq mi (92.24 km2) • Water0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2)  0.73%Elevation
978 ft (298 m)Population
 (2000)
 • Total226 • Density6.3/sq mi (2.5/km2)GNIS feature ID0473294

Wayne Township is a township in Doniphan County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 226.

Geography

Wayne Township covers an area of 35.88 square miles (92.9 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Doniphan.

The stream of Rock Creek runs through this township. It is also drained by Independence and Brush Creeks.[1]

History

Wayne Township was organized on September 1, 1855. It was named for General Anthony Wayne.[2]

References

  1. ^ Link text
  2. ^ Gray, Patrick Leopoldo (1905). Gray's Doniphan County History: A Record of the Happenings of Half a Hundred Years. Roycroft Press.
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Gray's History of Doniphan County

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