Lincoln Township, Sherman County, Kansas
Lincoln Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census.[1]
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:[2]
- Grant Township — north
- Voltaire Township — northeastern corner
- Logan Township — east
- Smoky Township — southeast
- McPherson Township — south
- Stateline Township — west
It lies west of the county seat of Goodland. There are no cities in the township, although the unincorporated community of Ruleton lies in the center of the township.[3]
Intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flow through Lincoln Township.[3]
Transportation
Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 24 travel east-west through Lincoln Township. A railroad line also travels east-west through Lincoln Township, just north of the interstate.[3]
Government
Lincoln Township is currently inactive;[4] by Kansas law, when a township becomes inactive, its powers and duties revert to the county government.[5]
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- ↑ Detailed Kansas map, United States Census Bureau, 2000. Accessed 2009-03-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 28. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln Township, Sherman County, Kansas
- ↑ §80-120, Kansas Statutes. Accessed 2009-03-23.
