Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County, Kansas

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Mount Pleasant Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 864.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2000548925| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142454/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2000548925| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Pleasant township, Atchison County, Kansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 13, 2013}}

History

Mount Pleasant Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Atchison County, Kansas | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Ingalls, Sheffield | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ/page/n70 64]}}

Geography

Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of {{convert|123.6|km2|disp=flip}} and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Fairview and Round Mound.

The streams of Camp Creek, Crooked Creek and Spring Creek run through this township.

References

[http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723112151/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/kansas.html US-Counties.com]
[http://www.city-data.com/township/Mount-Pleasant-Atchison-KS.html City-Data.com]

Category:Townships in Atchison County, Kansas

Category:Townships in Kansas

Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory