Official Name: | Grant Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sherman |
Area Total Km2: | 354.64 |
Area Land Km2: | 354.55 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.09 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 136.93 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 136.89 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.03 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 115 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.3 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.8 |
Elevation M: | 1162 |
Elevation Ft: | 3812 |
Coordinates: | 39.4833°N -101.9422°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 67735, 67741 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0485216 |
Grant Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 115 at the 2000 census.[1]
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, along the Colorado border, it borders the following townships:[2]
Kit Carson County lies across the Colorado border to the west.
It lies northwest of the county seat of Goodland. There are no communities in the township.[3]
Several intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, are located in Grant Township.
Only local roads are located in Grant Township. A small airport, Wright International Airport, lies in the township's southwest.
As an active township, Grant Township is governed by a three-member board, composed of the township trustee, the township treasurer, and the township clerk. The trustee acts as the township executive.[4]