Fairmount Township, Butler County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

Fairmount Township
Butler County, Kansas

Township

Location within Butler County

Fairmount Township

Location within Kansas

Coordinates: 38°02′35″N 097°05′51″W﻿ / ﻿38.04306°N 97.09750°W﻿ / 38.04306; -97.09750[1]
Country| United States
State| Kansas
County| Butler
Area

• Total

| 36.43 sq mi (94.35 km2)
• Land| 36.38 sq mi (94.22 km2)
• Water| 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)  0.14%
Elevation

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| 1,385 ft (422 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 511
• Density| 14/sq mi (5.4/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code| 20-22275 [1]
GNIS ID| 473726 [1]
Website| County website

Fairmount Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2000 census, its population was 511.

## History

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Fairmount Township was organized in 1873.[2]

## Geography

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Fairmount Township covers an area of 36.43 square miles (94.4 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Elbing.

## Cemeteries

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The township contains the following cemeteries:

* Fairmount Cemetery
* Pleasant View Cemetery.
* Zion Cemetery.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Fairmount Township, Butler County, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. ^ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 153.

## Further reading

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See also: List of books about Butler County, Kansas

## External links

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* Butler County website
* City-Data.com

Places adjacent to Fairmount Township, Butler County, Kansas

| Walton Township (Harvey County) | Peabody Township (Marion County) | Summit Township (Marion County)

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Pleasant Township (Harvey County) |

Fairmount Township

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Richland Township (Harvey County) | Milton Township | Plum Grove Township

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Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Kansas, United States

County seat: El Dorado

Cities|

* Andover
* Augusta
* Benton
* Cassoday
* Douglass
* Elbing
* El Dorado
* Latham
* Leon
* Potwin
* Rose Hill
* Towanda
* Whitewater

Map of Kansas highlighting Butler County

CDPs|

* Beaumont
* Rosalia

Unincorporated
communities|

* Bois d'Arc
* Brainerd
* De Graff
* Gordon
* Haverhill
* Keighley
* Lorena
* Midian
* Pontiac

Ghost towns|

* Oil Hill
* Plum Grove
* Wingate

Townships|

* Augusta
* Benton
* Bloomington
* Bruno
* Chelsea
* Clay
* Clifford
* Douglass
* El Dorado
* Fairmount
* Fairview
* Glencoe
* Hickory
* Lincoln
* Little Walnut
* Logan
* Milton
* Murdock
* Pleasant
* Plum Grove
* Prospect
* Richland
* Rock Creek
* Rosalia
* Spring
* Sycamore
* Towanda
* Union
* Walnut

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