Canton Township, Kingman County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

Canton Township

Township

Location in Kingman County

Coordinates: 37°25′51″N 97°57′53″W﻿ / ﻿37.43083°N 97.96472°W﻿ / 37.43083; -97.96472
Country| United States
State| Kansas
County| Kingman
Area

• Total| 36.3 sq mi (94.01 km2)
• Land| 36.28 sq mi (93.97 km2)
• Water| 0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.04%
Elevation

| 1,381 ft (421 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total| 118
• Density| 3.3/sq mi (1.3/km2)
GNIS ID| 470281

Canton Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 84.[1]

## Geography[edit]

Canton Township covers an area of 36.3 square miles (94.01 square kilometers); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.04 square kilometers) or 0.04 percent, is water. The streams of Big Spring Creek, Blue Stem Creek and Duck Creek run through this township.

### Unincorporated towns[edit]

* Adams

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

### Adjacent townships[edit]

* Eagle Township (north)
* Allen Township (northeast)
* Bennett Township (east)
* Township 6, Harper County (south)
* Valley Township (west)
* Richland Township (northwest)

### Major highways[edit]

* K-42 (Kansas highway)

## References[edit]

* U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved March 25, 2023.

## External links[edit]

* City-Data.com

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Municipalities and communities of Kingman County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Kingman

Cities|

* Cunningham
* Kingman
* Nashville
* Norwich
* Penalosa
* Spivey
* Zenda

Map of Kansas highlighting Kingman County

Unincorporated
communities|

* Calista
* Cleveland
* Mount Vernon
* Murdock†
* Rago
* Skellyville
* St. Leo
* Varner
* Waterloo
* Willowdale

Townships|

* Allen
* Belmont
* Bennett
* Canton
* Chikaskia
* Dale
* Dresden
* Eagle
* Eureka
* Evan
* Galesburg
* Hoosier
* Kingman
* Liberty
* Ninnescah
* Peters
* Richland
* Rochester
* Rural
* Union
* Valley
* Vinita
* White

Footnotes|

†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

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