Soldier Township, Shawnee County, Kansas
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|leader_name = Audree Guzman{{cite web | title=Soldier Township | url=https://soldiertownship.com/township-board/ | access-date=June 30, 2024}}
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Soldier Township is a civil township in northeast Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. Elsewhere is Soldier Township, Jackson County, Kansas.
History
The Great Flood of 1844 covered the area {{convert|20|ft}} deep.{{Cite journal |last=Jennings |first=T. B. |date=1906 |title=The Climatology of Kansas |journal=Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903–) |volume=20 |doi=10.2307/3624669 |doi-access=free}}
The township was platted in April 1887.{{Cite book |last=Bird |first=Roy |title=Witness of the times: A history of Shawnee County |date=1976 |publisher=Shawnee County Historical Society and the Shawnee County American Revolution Bicentennial Commission |isbn=0-916934-03-9 |pages=98,327,330}}
In World War II, a local factory supplied the military, and then Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought it.
The modern township's government's main purpose is road maintenance and fire protection services. It is served by Seaman USD 345 school district in neighboring Topeka, Kansas.{{cite web | title=About Soldier Township | url=https://soldiertownship.com/about/ | access-date=June 30, 2024}}
Notable people
- William Tecumseh Sherman, Union general
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Shawnee County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Shawnee County, Kansas}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://soldiertownship.com/}}
- Shawnee County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/shawnee.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Townships in Shawnee County, Kansas
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