Shannon Township, Atchison County, Kansas

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Shannon Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location in Atchison County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Kansas
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Atchison
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area_total_km2 = 142
area_land_km2 = 140.35
area_water_km2 = 1.65
area_total_sq_mi = 54.83
area_land_sq_mi = 54.19
area_water_sq_mi = 0.64
area_water_percent = 1.16

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1753
population_density_km2 = 12.5
population_density_sq_mi = 32.3

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elevation_m = 312
elevation_ft = 1024
latd = 39
latm = 35
lats = 28
latNS = N
longd = 095
longm = 10
longs = 06
longEW = W

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Shannon Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,753.

Geography

Shannon Township covers an area of 54.83 square miles 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

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/kansas.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Shannon-Atchison-KS.html City-Data.com]