Shirley Township, Cloud County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

Shirley Township

Township

Location in Cloud County

Coordinates: 39°31′30″N 098°25′21″W﻿ / ﻿39.52500°N 98.42250°W﻿ / 39.52500; -98.42250
Country| United States
State| Kansas
County| Cloud
Area

• Total| 42.75 sq mi (110.72 km2)
• Land| 42.5 sq mi (110.06 km2)
• Water| 0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)  0.6%
Elevation

| 1,542 ft (470 m)
Population

(2000)

• Total| 178
• Density| 4.2/sq mi (1.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0473353

Shirley Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 178.

## Demographics[edit]

Shirley is an historically French American community, most of whom are of French Canadian ancestry.[1]

## History[edit]

Shirley Township was organized in 1866.[2]

## Geography[edit]

Shirley Township covers an area of 42.75 square miles (110.7 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Cedar Hill and Pleasant View.

The stream of Beaver Creek runs through this township.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. p. 71.
2. ^ Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 69.

* USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

## External links[edit]

* US-Counties.com
* City-Data.com

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Municipalities and communities of Cloud County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Concordia

Cities|

* Aurora
* Clyde
* Concordia
* Glasco
* Jamestown
* Miltonvale
* Simpson‡

Map of Kansas highlighting Cloud County

Unincorporated
communities|

* Ames†
* Hollis
* Huscher
* Rice
* St. Joseph

Ghost towns|

* Macyville
* Sibley
* Yuma

Townships|

* Arion
* Aurora
* Buffalo
* Center
* Colfax
* Elk
* Grant
* Lawrence
* Lincoln
* Lyon
* Meredith
* Nelson
* Oakland
* Shirley
* Sibley Creek
* Solomon Springs
* Starr Creek
* Summit

Footnotes|

†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.

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