Prairie Township, Jewell County, Kansas
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|name = Prairie Township
|settlement_type = Township
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|map_caption = Location in Jewell County
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Jewell
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|area_total_km2 = 95.95
|area_land_km2 = 95.94
|area_water_km2 = 0.01
|area_total_sq_mi = 37.05
|area_land_sq_mi = 37.04
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
|area_water_percent = 0.01
|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_total = 172
|population_density_km2 = 1.8
|population_density_sq_mi = 4.6
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|elevation_m = 468
|elevation_ft = 1535
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Prairie Township is a township in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 172.
Geography
Prairie Township covers an area of 37.05 square miles (95.95 square kilometers); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.01 square kilometers) or 0.01 percent is water. The streams of Dry Creek, Dry Creek, East Buffalo Creek, Spring Creek and West Buffalo Creek run through this township.
=Communities=
=Adjacent townships=
- Buffalo Township (north)
- Vicksburg Township (northeast)
- Allen Township (east)
- Plum Creek Township, Mitchell County (south)
- Solomon Rapids Township, Mitchell County (southwest)
- Browns Creek Township (west)
=Cemeteries=
The township contains two cemeteries: Pleasant Prairie and Star.
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References
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- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
External links
- [http://www.city-data.com/township/Prairie-Jewell-KS.html City-Data.com]
{{Jewell County, Kansas}}
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Category:Townships in Jewell County, Kansas
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