Delaware Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Delaware Township is the sole township in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census, it recorded 31 people living in the township.[2]
History
The township gets its name from the Delaware people who were resettled into Kansas in the 1820s.[3] The township's original platting was all that of Township 11 and 12 South in Range 23 East that was north of the Kansas River. This included the original settlements of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville, and the other settlements of Loring and Tiblow.[4]
Geography
The township is defined as the area in Wyandotte County considered governmentally independent from the county's four cities: Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Kansas City, and Lake Quivira, for a total of 2.43 square miles (6.3 km2) of land (and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km2) of water.[2] The north border of the township is Bonner Springs, the west is Sherman Township of Leavenworth County and the southeast is the Kansas River which forms the boundary of Shawnee, Kansas in Johnson County[5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Delaware Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas
- ^ a b "Wyandotte County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society". Kshs.org. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Cutler, William G (1883). "23". History of the State of Kansas. Vol. Wyandotte County. A.T. Andreas. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ^ "Map of Wyandotte Co., Kansas". Philadelphia: Published by G.M. Hopkins, C.E., 1887. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002.