Sarcoxie Township, Jefferson County, Kansas
Encyclopedia
Sarcoxie Township is a township
in Jefferson County
, Kansas
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 958.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Kansas
Jefferson County is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 19,126. Its county seat is Oskaloosa, and its most populous city is Valley Falls...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 958.
Geography
Sarcoxie Township covers an area of 31.03 square miles (80.36 square kilometers); of this, 0.14 square miles (0.36 square kilometers) or 0.45 percent is water. The stream of Plum Creek runs through this township.Adjacent townships
- Union TownshipUnion Township, Jefferson County, KansasUnion Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,672.-Geography:Union Township covers an area of 42.83 square miles ; of this, 0.13 square miles or 0.3 percent is water...
(north) - Tonganoxie Township, Leavenworth County (northeast)
- Reno Township, Leavenworth County (southeast)
- Grant Township, Douglas CountyGrant Township, Douglas County, KansasGrant Township is a township in Douglas County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 442.-History:Grant Township was annexed from the extreme southern portion of Sarcoxie Township in Jefferson County in 1872...
(south) - Rural TownshipRural Township, Jefferson County, KansasRural Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 804.-Geography:Rural Township covers an area of 32.19 square miles ; of this, 0.37 square miles or 1.14 percent is water...
(west) - Oskaloosa TownshipOskaloosa Township, Jefferson County, KansasOskaloosa Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,142.-Geography:Oskaloosa Township covers an area of 57.61 square miles ; of this, 0.1 square miles or 0.17 percent is water...
(northwest)
Major highways
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U.S. Route 24U.S. Route 24U.S. Route 24 is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is west of Clarkston, Michigan, at an intersection with I-75 and its western terminus is near...
/U.S. Route 59U.S. Route 59U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway . A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, U.S. 59 is now a border-to-border route, Part of NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than away, until it veers southwest...