| Official Name: | Lookout Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ellis |
| Area Total Km2: | 317.54 |
| Area Land Km2: | 317.21 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.33 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 122.6 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 122.48 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 579 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 4.7 |
| Elevation M: | 618 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2028 |
| Coordinates: | 38.7619°N -99.3656°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0475282 |
Lookout Township is a township in Ellis County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 579.
Lookout Township covers an area of 122.6sqmi and contains one incorporated settlement, Schoenchen and the unincorporated settlement of Antonino. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Saint Anthony, at Antonino. The township was the focus of the 1890s gold rush hoax witnessing the short lived settlements of Smoky Hill City and Chetolah.[1]
A post office was opened at Palatine in 1880. The post office relocated across the Smoky Hill River to Chetolah in 1888, but was discontinued in 1897.[2] [3]