Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas

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

Mount Pleasant Township
Location in Atchison County
Coordinates: 39°28′05″N 095°10′31″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyAtchison
Area
  Total47.74 sq mi (123.64 km2)
  Land47.71 sq mi (123.56 km2)
  Water0.03 sq mi (0.09 km2)  0.07%
Elevation
1,040 ft (317 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total864
  Density18/sq mi (7.0/km2)
GNIS feature ID0473489

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. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. Ingalls, Sheffield (1916). History of Atchison County, Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 64.



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