Union Township, Sherman County, Kansas Explained

Union Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 56 at the 2000 census.^[1]

Geography

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

• Llanos Township — north
• West Hale Township, Thomas County — northeast
• Kingery Township, Thomas County — southeast
• Iowa Township — south
• Washington Township — west
• Shermanville Township — northwestern corner

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

Several intermittent headwaters of Sappa Creek flow through Union Township.

Transportation

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

Government

Union 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

39.3303°N -101.4469°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subcounty population estimates: Kansas 2000-2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926140130/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-20.csv . dead . 2008-09-26 . . United States Census Bureau, Population Division . 2009-03-18 . 2009-03-23 .
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. 28-29. .
4. http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=39987 §80-120