Smoky Township, Sherman County, Kansas Explained

Smoky Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census.^[1]

Geography

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

• Logan Township — north, west of Itasca Township
• Itasca Township — north, east of Logan Township
• Washington Township — northeastern corner
• Iowa Township — east
• Wallace Township, Wallace County — southeast
• Sharon Springs Township, Wallace County — south
• McPherson Township — west
• Lincoln Township — northwest

It lies south of the county seat of Goodland. There are no communities in the township.^[3]

The north fork of the Smoky Hill River flows through Smoky Township. The Sherman Wildlife Area, with areas devoted to hunting and camping, is centered on a lake in the western part of the township, where the river is dammed.

Transportation

K-27, a north–south highway, is the only significant road in Smoky Township.

Government

Smoky 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

39.1767°N -101.7431°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