Official Name: | Wano Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cheyenne |
Area Total Km2: | 937.12 |
Area Land Km2: | 936.64 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.48 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 361.83 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 361.64 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 2104 |
Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 5.8 |
Elevation M: | 1061 |
Elevation Ft: | 3481 |
Coordinates: | 39.6903°N -101.8131°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0485198 |
Wano Township is a township in Cheyenne County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,104.
Wano Township covers an area of 361.83sqmi and contains one incorporated settlement, St. Francis (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains eight cemeteries: Emanuel, Gar, Hope Valley, Lawn Ridge, Saint Francis, Saint Pauls, Salem and Salem Evangelical.
The streams of Cherry Creek, Drury Creek, Fish Creek, Sand Creek, Spring Creek and West Fork Sand Creek run through this township.
A post office was opened at Lawnridge in 1885. The post office was discontinued in 1896.[1]
Wano Township contains two airports or landing strips: Cheyenne County Municipal Airport and Saint Francis Municipal Airport.