Official Name: | Mission Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brown |
Area Total Km2: | 220.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 218.75 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.61 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 85.08 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 84.46 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.62 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.73 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 645 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.9 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7.6 |
Elevation M: | 340 |
Elevation Ft: | 1115 |
Coordinates: | 39.7128°N -95.5517°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0472980 |
Mission Township is a township in Brown County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 645.
Mission Township was formed in 1872.[1]
Mission Township covers an area of 85.08sqmi. It contains one incorporated settlement, Willis, and surrounds another, the governmentally independent city of Horton. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Carr, Claytonville, Kennekuk and Saint Peters.
The stream of Hazel Creek runs through this township.
Mission Township contains one airport or landing strip, Horton Municipal Airport.