Voltaire Township, Sherman County, Kansas Explained

Voltaire Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 252 at the 2000 census.^[1]

Geography

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

• Wano Township, Cheyenne County — north
• Bird City Township, Cheyenne County — northeast
• Shermanville Township — east
• Washington Township — southeast
• Itasca Township — south, east of Logan Township
• Logan Township — south, west of Itasca Township
• Lincoln Township — southwestern corner
• Grant Township — west

The largest township in Sherman County, it lies north of the county seat of Goodland. While part of Goodland lies within the township's original boundaries,^[3] the city is not part of the township. There are no communities in the township proper.

Some intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flow through Voltaire Township.

Transportation

K-27, a north–south highway, is the only significant road in Voltaire Township. Goodland Municipal Airport, a general aviation field, lies in the southern part of the township, near Goodland.

Government

As an active township, Voltaire Township is governed by a three-member board, composed of the township trustee, the township treasurer, and the township clerk. The trustee acts as the township executive.^[4]

External links

• County website

39.475°N -101.6756°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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926140130/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-20.csv . 2008-09-26 . dead .
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. 15, 28. .
4. http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatute.do?number=39998 §80-301