El Dorado Township, Butler County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States
37°48′00″N 096°51′36″W / 37.80000°N 96.86000°W / 37.80000; -96.86000CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyButlerArea
 • Total54.74 sq mi (141.78 km2) • Land53.94 sq mi (139.7 km2) • Water0.8 sq mi (2.07 km2)  1.46%Elevation
1,286 ft (392 m)Population
 (2000)
 • Total1,700 • Density31.5/sq mi (12.2/km2)GNIS feature ID0474388

El Dorado Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,700.

El Dorado Township was organized in 1867.[1]

Geography

El Dorado Township covers an area of 54.74 square miles (141.8 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, El Dorado (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Belle Vista, Sunset Lawns and Walnut Valley Memorial Park.

The streams of Constant Creek, Sutton Creek and West Branch Walnut River run through this township.

Transportation

El Dorado Township contains one airport or landing strip, El Dorado Municipal Airport.

Further reading

References

  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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