| Main | Births etc |
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Shannon Township | |
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 Location in Atchison County | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Atchison |
| Area | |
• Total |
52.9 sq mi (137.0 km2) |
| • Land | 52.4 sq mi (135.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) 0.97% |
Shannon Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,282.[1]
History[]
Shannon Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.[2]
Geography[]
Shannon Township covers an area of 52.9 square miles (137.0 km2) around the north and west of the county seat of Atchison. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Cummings, Mount Calvary, Mount Vernon, Myers and Taylor.
The streams of Deer Creek and Independence Creek run through this township.
References[]
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shannon township, Atchison County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2000564275. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ Ingalls, Sheffield (1916). History of Atchison County, Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 64. http://books.google.com/books?id=dBA1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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