Lookout Township, Ellis County, Kansas

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Lookout Township is a township in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 579.

Geography

Lookout Township covers an area of {{convert|122.6|sqmi|km2}} and contains one incorporated settlement, Schoenchen and the unincorporated settlement of Antonino. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Saint Anthony, at Antonino. The township was the focus of the 1890s gold rush hoax witnessing the short lived settlements of Smoky Hill City and Chetolah.{{cite journal |author= Dan Plazak (2007) |url= http://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Journal/MHJ-v14-2007-Plazak.pdf |title= The imaginary gold mines of Kansas |journal= Mining History Journal |volume= 14 |pages= 11–22 |access-date = 2018-11-30 }}

History

A post office was opened at Palatine in 1880. The post office relocated across the Smoky Hill River to Chetolah in 1888, but was discontinued in 1897.{{cite web |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/placename:Palatine/county:EL |accessdate=2017-12-30 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society}}{{Cite web |title=Chetolah, Kansas – Legends of Kansas |url=https://legendsofkansas.com/chetolah-kansas/ |access-date=2024-01-31}}

References

External links

[http://www.city-data.com/township/Lookout-Ellis-KS.html City-Data.com]

Category:Townships in Ellis County, Kansas

Category:Townships in Kansas