Official Name: | Grasshopper Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atchison |
Area Total Km2: | 170.9 |
Area Land Km2: | 170.2 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.7 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.41 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 567 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.3 |
Elevation M: | 328 |
Elevation Ft: | 1076 |
Coordinates: | 39.5967°N -95.4375°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0473240 |
Grasshopper Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 567.[1]
Grasshopper Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.[2]
Grasshopper Township covers an area of 170.9km2 and contains one incorporated settlement, Muscotah. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Brush Creek, Forest Grove and Wheatland.
The streams of Brush Creek, Clear Creek, Little Delaware River, Little Grasshopper Creek, Mission Creek, Otter Creek and South Creek run through this township.