Lincoln Township, Sherman County, Kansas Explained

Lincoln Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census.^[1]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:^[2]

• Grant Township — north
• Voltaire Township — northeastern corner
• Logan Township — east
• Smoky Township — southeast
• McPherson Township — south
• Stateline Township — west

It lies west of the county seat of Goodland. There are no cities in the township, although the unincorporated community of Ruleton lies in the center of the township.^[3]

Intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flow through Lincoln Township.

Transportation

Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 24 travel east–west through Lincoln Township. A railroad line also travels east–west through Lincoln Township, just north of the interstate.

Government

Lincoln Township is currently inactive; by Kansas law, when a township becomes inactive, its powers and duties revert to the county government.^[4]

External links

• County website

39.3172°N -101.8844°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subcounty population estimates: Kansas 2000-2007 . . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . 2009-03-18 . 2009-03-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090331144349/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-20.csv . 2009-03-31 .
2. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/ks_cosub.pdf Detailed Kansas map
3. DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 28. .
4. http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=39987 §80-120