Jackson Township, Anderson County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

38°18′35″N 095°18′16″W / 38.30972°N 95.30444°W / 38.30972; -95.30444CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyAndersonArea

• Total34.1 sq mi (88.2 km²) • Land33.9 sq mi (87.7 km²) • Water0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²) 0.60%Elevation

1,020 ft (311 m)Population

(2010)

• Total459 • Density13/sq mi (5.2/km²)GNIS feature ID0477667

Jackson Township is a township in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 459.^[1]

History

Jackson Township was established in 1857.^[2]

Geography

Jackson Township covers an area of 34.1 square miles (88.2 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements, though the county seat of Garnett sits on the township's eastern border with Monroe Township. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Amish and Pleasantville.

The streams of Cedar Creek, Fish Creek, Iantha Creek and Sac Creek run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jackson township, Anderson County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ Johnson, William A. (1877). The History of Anderson County, Kansas, from Its First Settlement to the Fourth of July, 1876. Kauffman & Iler. pp. 259.