Little Walnut Township, Butler County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

Little Walnut Township

Township

Location in Butler County

Coordinates: 37°41′40″N 096°46′16″W﻿ / ﻿37.69444°N 96.77111°W﻿ / 37.69444; -96.77111
Country| United States
State| Kansas
County| Butler
Area

• Total

| 36.37 sq mi (94.19 km2)
• Land| 36.21 sq mi (93.77 km2)
• Water| 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km2)  0.45%
Elevation

| 1,355 ft (413 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 1,002
• Density| 27.7/sq mi (10.7/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0474837

Little Walnut Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,002.

Little Walnut Township was organized in 1877.[1]

## Geography

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Little Walnut Township covers an area of 36.37 square miles (94.2 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Leon. The Leon town site was laid out and surveyed in November 1879. Its population as of 2010 was 704. According to the USGS, the Little Walnut Township contains two cemeteries: Leon and Quito.

The streams of North Branch Little Walnut River and South Branch Little Walnut River run through this township.

## Further reading

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See also: List of books about Butler County, Kansas

## References

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1. ^ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 37.

* USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

## External links

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* City-Data.com

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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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