Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas

Mount Pleasant Township
Township

Location in Atchison County
Coordinates: 39°28′05″N 095°10′31″W / 39.46806°N 95.17528°W / 39.46806; -95.17528Coordinates: 39°28′05″N 095°10′31″W / 39.46806°N 95.17528°W / 39.46806; -95.17528
Country United States
State Kansas
County Atchison
Area
  Total 47.74 sq mi (123.64 km2)
  Land 47.71 sq mi (123.56 km2)
  Water 0.03 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.07%
Elevation 1,040 ft (317 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 864
  Density 18/sq mi (7.0/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0473489

Mount Pleasant Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 864.[1]

History

Mount Pleasant Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.[2]

Geography

Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 47.7 square miles (123.6 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Fairview and Round Mound.

The streams of Camp Creek, Crooked Creek and Spring Creek run through this township.

References

  1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Pleasant township, Atchison County, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. Ingalls, Sheffield (1916). History of Atchison County, Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 64.


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