Settlement Type: | Civil township |
Coordinates: | 39.1547°N -95.6611°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Shawnee |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Established Title: | Platted |
Government Type: | Board |
Leader Title: | Administrator |
Leader Name: | Audree Guzman[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 60 |
Elevation Ft: | 968 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 15109 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 785 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank1 Info: | 478472 |
Soldier Township is a civil township in northeast Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. Elsewhere is Soldier Township, Jackson County, Kansas.
The Great Flood of 1844 covered the area deep.[3]
The township was platted in April 1887.[4]
In World War II, a local factory supplied the military, and then Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought it.
The modern township's government's main purpose is road maintenance and fire protection services. It is served by Seaman USD 345 school district in neighboring Topeka, Kansas.[5]