Marion Township, Douglas County, Kansas

Marion Township
—  Township  —
Globe Glass Works in Globe.
Location in Douglas County
Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 095°25′41″W / 38.80556°N 95.42806°W / 38.80556; -95.42806Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 095°25′41″W / 38.80556°N 95.42806°W / 38.80556; -95.42806
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Douglas
Area
- Total	71.93 sq mi (186.29 km2)
- Land	71.55 sq mi (185.32 km2)
- Water	0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2)  0.52%
Elevation	1,099 ft (335 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	836
- Density	11.7/sq mi (4.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0479476

Marion Township is a township in Douglas County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 836. It was named after the former town of Marion which in turn was named after Francis Marion.

Geography

Marion Township covers an area of 71.93 square miles (186.3 km²) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Appanoose, Colyer, Dodder, Rock Creek and Twin Mounds.

Adjacent townships

• Clinton Township, Douglas County (north)
• Willow Springs, Douglas County (east)
• Centropolis Township, Franklin County (southeast)
• Appanoose Township, Franklin County (south)
• Junction Township, Osage County (southwest)
• Elk Township, Osage County (west)

Simmon's Stage Station

Towns and settlements

Although these towns may not be incorporated or populated, they are still placed on maps produced by the county.

• Globe, located at 38°46′00″N 95°23′58″W / 38.7666667°N 95.39944°W / 38.7666667; -95.39944 (Globe, Kansas)
• Lone Star, located at 38°51′59″N 95°21′16″W / 38.86639°N 95.35444°W / 38.86639; -95.35444 (Lone Star, Kansas)
• Twin Mound, located at 38°51′32″N 95°28′53″W / 38.85889°N 95.48139°W / 38.85889; -95.48139 (Twin Mound, Kansas)

Transportation

Major highways

• U.S. Highway 56

Places of interest

Twin Mound School

• Lone Star Lake, about four and half miles south of Clinton Lake offers boating, fishing, camping and swimming during certain times of the year.
• Simmons Station, an old stone house along the Santa Fe Trail that used to be a resting place and way station is standing neglected and deteriorating.^[1]
• Townsite of Marion. Located along U.S. Highway 56, the town was named for Francis Marion and was known as both Marion and Globe.
• Townsite of Baden, located one mile (1.6 km) east of the Osage county line.
• Twin Mound School, one of the best preserved one-room schoolhouses in the county and the last one to be consolidated in 1966.

References

1. ^ LJWorld.com / Time running out for historic structure

• "Township of Marion". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 13 October 1978. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:479476. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com