Shannon Township, Atchison County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

39°35′28″N 095°10′06″W / 39.59111°N 95.16833°W / 39.59111; -95.16833CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyAtchisonArea

• Total52.9 sq mi (137.0 km²) • Land52.4 sq mi (135.7 km²) • Water0.5 sq mi (1.3 km²) 0.97%Elevation

1,024 ft (312 m)Population

(2010)

• Total1,282 • Density25/sq mi (9.5/km²)GNIS feature ID0473281

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

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shannon township, Atchison County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
^ Ingalls, Sheffield (1916). History of Atchison County, Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 64.